Very Rare Heavy 1/24th Stater

CNG 90, Lot: 609. Estimate $750. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 560-546 BC. AV Twenty-Fourth Stater (5mm, 0.44 g). Heavy standard. Sardes mint. Struck circa 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Incuse square punch. Walberg –; Berk 14; Traité –; SNG Kayhan –; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; Gorny & Mosch 199, lot 505; Lanz 149, lot 217; CNG 73, lot 356. VF. Very rare.