CNG 106, Lot: 416. Estimate $5000. Sold for $24000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AV Third Stater (10.5mm, 2.67 g). Light standard. Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse square punches of unequal size. Walburg Group II; Berk 6; Traité I 404–5; SNG von Aulock 8212; BMC 36; Boston MFA 2074; de Luynes 2779. Superb EF, lustrous.