Sale: Triton X, Lot: 329. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes II. Late 7th century BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.36 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, sun with four rays on forehead / Double incuse square punch. Weidauer 76-8; Traité I 46; Boston MFA 769. Good VF. Exceptional for type, possibly the finest known. Very rare.