Kroisos Heavy Stater

400, Lot: 252. Estimate $15000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AV Stater (16.5mm, 10.76 g). Heavy series. Sardes mint. Regular issue. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 2; Le Rider, Naissance, pl. V, 2; SNG Ashmolean 759; BMC 30; Boston MFA 2068–9; Gulbenkian 756; Traité I 396. Good VF, edge marks.