Triton XXI, Lot: 502. Estimate $2000. Sold for $42500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AV Sixth Stater (9mm, 1.78 g). Heavy standard. Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Walburg Group III; Berk 7; Le Rider, Naissance, pl. V, 5; Traité I 400 = de Luynes 2800; SNG Ashmolean –; SNG von Aulock –; BMC –; Boston MFA –; Gulbenkian –. Choice EF, lustrous. Rare.