445, Lot: 187. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Twelfth Stater (8.5mm, 0.85 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Incuse square. Berk 26–7; SNG Ashmolean 775 (Persian Period). VF, toned, typical granular surfaces.

From the Ealing Collection, purchased from Spink, July 1998.