CNG 100, Lot: 1493. Estimate $5000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AV Third Stater (11mm, 3.57 g). Heavy series. Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 5; Spier Group I, 1–4 and 7–9 (same die and punches); Traité I 399 (same die and punches); SNG von Aulock 8210; SNG München 7 (same die and punches); Rosen 661 (same die and punches); Pozzi 2729; Sunrise 8. Near EF, underlying luster. Very rare.