391, Lot: 284. Estimate $10000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AV Stater (17.5mm, 10.73 g). Heavy standard. Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 2; Le Rider, Naissance, pl. V, 2; Traité I 396; BMC 30; Boston MFA 2068–9; Gulbenkian 756. VF, weakness in strike of bull, small punch on lion’s upper jaw, light scrapes and scattered marks.