345, Lot: 305. Estimate $200. Sold for $360. 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, 5.31 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two incuse square punches. Berk 22; Traité I 409–11 SNG Kayhan 1025; SNG Ashmolean 762–71; SNG von Aulock 2877-9. Near VF, lightly toned, off center. Good metal.

From the J. Herbert Collection.