CNG 112, Lot: 291. Estimate $300. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Twenty-fourth Stater (6.5mm, 0.33 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Incuse square. Berk –; SNG Ashmolean 776–7 (Persian Period). Find patina. Near EF. Exceptional for issue.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection.