365, Lot: 168. Estimate $300. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12mm, 4.70 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, sun with four rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XV, 63 (same rev. punch); Traité I 43 = BMC p. 2, 2; SNG Kayhan –; SNG von Aulock –. VF, a few light scrapes and struck off center on the obverse.