KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. Fourrée Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7mm, 0.91 g). Imitating Sardes mint issue. Good Fine.

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Lot: 238.
Closing Date: Jul 2 2025 10:00 ET

Greek, Electrum

Estimate: $ 100

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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. Fourrée Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7mm, 0.91 g). Imitating Sardes mint issue. Head of roaring lion right, “sun” with no rays on forehead / Incuse square. For prototype: cf. Weidauer Group XVI, 90; cf. Kurth G29–30; cf. SNG Ashmolean 757. Toned, scratches and marks, breaks in plating exposing core, banker’s mark on obverse. Good Fine.


Closing Date and Time: 2 July 2025 at 11:19:00 ET.

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