Sale: Nomos 8, Lot: 188. Estimate CHF1800. Closing Date: Monday, 21 October 2013. Sold For CHF2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 560-546 BC. Stater (Silver, 18x13mm, 10.71 g), Sardes. On the left, forepart of a lion to right confronting, on the right, the forepart of a bull to left.
Rev. Two incuse squares, of unequal size, side by side . ACGC 79. SNG von Aulock 2873. Traité I 407, pl. X, 7. Toned and bold. Very fine.
From the B. in B. Collection, ex Classical Numismatic Group 40, 4 December 1996, 1046.