345, Lot: 306. Estimate $200. Sold for $265. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Cyrus – Darios I. Circa 550/39-520 BC. AR Siglos (16mm, 5.14 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, granular surfaces.

From the J. Herbert Collection.