Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 409. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS OF LYDIA. Time of Kroisos. Circa 561-546 BC. AR Half-Stater or Siglos (5.44 gm). Confronted foreparts of roaring lion and bull / Double incuse punch. Rosen 663; SNG Copenhagen 456; SNG von Aulock 2875. EF, some hoard patina on the reverse. Exceptional strike and nice metal. ($1000)