CNG 93, Lot: 408. Estimate $500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Cyrus – Darios I. Circa 545-520 BC. AR Siglos (15mm, 5.23 g). Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two incuse square punches. Berk 23; Traité I 411; SNG Kayhan 1025; SNG von Aulock 2877-9; Sunrise 16. Near EF, toned. The first coinage of the Persian Empire.