KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Forty-eighth Stater (5mm, 0.17 g). Sardes mint. VF.

Electronic Auction 549
Lot: 163. Estimated: $ 150

Greek, Silver

Sold For $ 425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Forty-eighth Stater (5mm, 0.17 g). Sardes mint. Head of lion right / Incuse square. Berk –; Kurth S13; SNG Ashmolean –; SNG Tatiṣ 920 (uncertain Western Asia Minor). Light porosity. VF.

From the Kings Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 518 (15 June 2022), lot 204.

Although not originally recognized as issues of Kroisos, the lion on this piece has a style that is identical to that found on the coins of that king, and the weight of this piece (and others like it) would conform to forty-eighth staters in his coinage. It appears that this type, like the traditional lion-bull Kroiseids, was continued under the Persians, as some examples also exhibit the highly stylized form of lion: cf. CNG 103, lot 300, and CNG E-392, lot 283.

Closing Date and Time: 1 November 2023 at 10:54:00 ET.

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