Triton XVIII, Lot: 25. Estimate $5000. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AV Third Stater (11mm, 3.57 g). Heavy series. Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 5; Traité I 399; Sunrise 8 (this coin). Good VF, lightly toned, underlying luster.

From the Sunrise Collection, purchased from A.H. Baldwin & Sons, January 2004.