Triton XVIII, Lot: 667. Estimate $750. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Cyrus – Darios I. Circa 550/39-520 BC. AR Siglos (15.5mm, 5.38 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Carradice pl. XI, 9; Berk 22; SNG Ashmolean 762–71; SNG von Aulock 2877–9; SNG Kayhan 1024–6; Boston MFA 2075 = Regling 1290; Sunrise 16. Near EF, toned, a couple light marks under tone on reverse.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Martin Huth Collection; Prof. R. Gaupp Collection; Hess-Leu 45 (12 May 1970), lot 309.