Triton XVIII, Lot: 655. Estimate $750. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7mm, 1.18 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, sun with no rays on forehead / Incuse square. Weidauer Group XVI, 90; Traité I 47; SNG Kayhan 1015; SNG von Aulock 2871; Rosen 654 corr. = Rosen Sale 328. Good VF, lightly toned.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 18 (29 March 2000), lot 243.