CNG 112, Lot: 288. Estimate $750. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Third Stater (13.5mm, 3.44 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 24; SNG Ashmolean 772 (Persian period). Toned, typical granular surfaces, light scuff on obverse. Near EF. Well centered and struck.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich (Triton XVIII, 5 January 2015), lot 663 (hammer $2000); Numismatica Ars Classica 11 (29 April 1998), lot 101.