Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 962. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Time of Darios I. Circa 520/15-500/490 BC. AV Stater (8.06 g). Sardes mint. Light series. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse square punches of unequal size. Traité I 401; SNG Copenhagen Supp. 362; BMC p. 6, 31; SNG von Aulock 2875; Boston MFA 2073. EF, underlying lustre. ($3000)