318, Lot: 234. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 560-546 BC. AR Stater – Double Siglos (19mm, 10.55 g). Sardes mint. Struck circa 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two square punches of unequal size. Berk 20; Traité I 407; SNG Kayhan 1018; SNG von Aulock 2874; SNG Copenhagen 455. VF, toned.

From the RAJ Collection, purchased from Fred Shore at the Chicago International Coin Fair in 1995.