CNG 100, Lot: 101. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13mm, 4.74 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, sun with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XVI, 86–9; Traité I 44; SNG Kayhan 1013; SNG von Aulock 2868–9. Good VF, a few minor marks, edge bump.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, October 1990.