Lion Head Countermark

CNG 99, Lot: 254. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (12mm, 1.19 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, sun with no rays on forehead / Incuse square; three countermarks: (1) head of lion left within incuse square, (2) incuse spiral resembling the number 6, (3) small bisected incuse square. Weidauer Group XVI, 90; Traité I 47; SNG Kayhan 1015; SNG von Aulock 2871. Good VF. Interesting countermarks.