CNG 111, Lot: 277. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13.5mm, 4.72 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, “sun” with four rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XV, 67–8; SNG Ashmolean 748. Good VF, typical soft strike.