Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 959. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $3600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Time of Kroisos to Kambyses. Circa 560-525 BC. AR Stater (10.54 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse square punches of unequal size. Traité I 407; SNG Copenhagen 455; BMC p. 7, 37; SNG von Aulock 2873; Boston MFA 2070. Good VF, toned, slight granularity, a few marks under tone. Exceptional for issue. ($4000)