413, Lot: 104. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Hemistater (15.5mm, 5.12 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two square punches of unequal size. Berk 23; SNG Ashmolean 763 and 767–8 (Persian Period). VF, toned, granular and porous (as usual).