CNG 108, Lot: 221. Estimate $1000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12.5mm, 4.70 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, “sun” with multiple rays on forehead / Two square punches. Weidauer Group XVI, 89; SNG Ashmolean 749–51. Near EF, banker’s mark on edge.