A Pair of Exceptional Trites

CNG 97, Lot: 232. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (14mm, 4.70 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, sun with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XVI, 86–9; Traité I 44; SNG Kayhan 1013; SNG von Aulock 2868–9; Sunrise 2. Near EF, toned, very faint scuff on reverse. Well centered and struck.