Triton XVIII, Lot: 21. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12mm, 4.71 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; Sunrise 2 corr. (metal; this coin). EF, lightly toned, edge splits.
From the Sunrise Collection, purchased from Gorny & Mosch, 2010.