Triton XXII, Lot: 259. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 610-546 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (14mm, 4.71 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, sun with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse square punches. Weidauer Group XVI, 86–9; Traité I 44; SNG Ashmolean 749–51; SNG Kayhan 1013; SNG von Aulock 2868–9; Rosen 655-6. Near EF, lightly toned, a couple minor flan flaws.
From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Gemini II (11 January 2006), lot 118.