KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Forty-eighth Stater (5mm, 0.30 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. VF.

CNG Feature Auction 123
Lot: 150. Estimated: $ 400

Greek, Electrum

Sold For $ 2 750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Forty-eighth Stater (5mm, 0.30 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of boar right / Incuse square. Cf. Weidauer Group XIII, 55 (trite); cf. Spier 6 = Rosen 282 (twenty-fourth stater); Kurth G14; cf. SNG Kayhan 1011 (twelfth stater); CNG 72, lot 792. A little off center. VF. Very rare in this denomination.


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