CNG 99, Lot: 251. Estimate $750. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7mm, 1.19 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right; traces of legend to right / Incuse square. Weidauer Group XVII, 111–2; Traité –; SNG Kayhan 1015 corr. (references; same die and punch); SNG von Aulock –. Good VF. Rare.