Very Rare Prototype
Sale: Triton X, Lot: 332. Estimate $2000. Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007. Sold For $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 561-546 BC. AR Stater – Double Siglos (10.51 g). Sardes mint. Prototype issue. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two incuse square punches of unequal size. Berk 18 (but one same rev. punch as Berk 19), otherwise unpublished. Near EF, toned, light porosity. Very rare prototype issue.