355, Lot: 149. Estimate $100. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. Fourrée Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7.5mm, 0.83 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, sun with no rays on forehead / Incuse square. For prototype, cf. Weidauer Group XVI, 90; cf. Traité I 47; cf. SNG Kayhan 1015; cf. SNG von Aulock 2871. VF, numerous breaks in plating, scratches.