CNG 94, Lot: 636. Estimate $500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 610-546 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13mm, 4.71 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, sun with multiple rays on forehead; banker’s mark on cheek: facing panther’s head; three geometric banker’s marks on edge / Two incuse square punches. Weidauer group XVI, 86-9; Traité I 44; SNG Kayhan 1013; Rosen 655-6; Elektron I 70. VF.