CNG 106, Lot: 412. 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 Stater (18mm, 10.74 g). Heavy standard. Sardes mint. Regular issue. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 2; Le Rider, Naissance, pl. V, 2; Traité I 396; SNG Ashmolean 759; BMC 30; Boston MFA 2068–9; Gulbenkian 756. VF.

From the George Bernert Collection. Ex Waddell 50 (ND [2002]), lot 1.