Exceptional Kroisos Gold Stater

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 331. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 561-546 BC. AV Stater (8.06 g). Light series. Sardes mint. Struck circa 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse square punches of unequal size. Berk 3; SNG Kayhan -; Traité I 401-403; SNG von Aulock 2875; Boston MFA 2073. Superb EF. Well centered on a broad flan.