Triton XVIII, Lot: 663. Estimate $750. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Third Stater (13.5mm, 3.45 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 24; Traité I 412; SNG von Aulock –; BMC –; Boston MFA 2071 = Regling 1291; Rosen 666; DDTP p. 12 (this coin). EF, toned, a touch of granularity, a couple light marks under tone.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 11 (29 April 1998), lot 101.