452, Lot: 343. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1800. 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, 4.71 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, “sun” with four rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XV, 70 (same rev. punches); SNG Ashmolean 748. Tiny flan flaws, a few light scratches on obverse. VF.