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NYINC Signature Sale 3061 7-8 Jan 2018
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LYDIAN KINGDOM. Croesus and later (ca. 561-546 BC). AV stater (16mm, 7.91gm). NGC XF 4/5 - 4/5. "Light series," Sardes, late Dynastic and early Persian periods, ca. 553-539 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion (on left, facing right), with extended right foreleg, and bull (on right, facing left) / Double incuse square punches of unequal size. Carradice 8. BMFA 2073. SNG von Aulock 2875.Well struck and reasonably well centered on a lozenge-shaped flan, with nice mellow surfaces.
The switch to a lighter standard of about 8.6 grams for gold seems to have occurred shortly before the Persians defeated Croesus and absorbed the Lydian Kingdom circa 546 BC. The Persians retained the Lydian coinage with only minor changes for some time before introducing their own coin designs, the daric and siglos, on a similar weight standard and exchange ratio.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 10000-15000 USD
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Croesus and later (ca. 561-546 BC). AV stater (16mm, 7.91gm). NGC XF 4/5 - 4/5. "Light series," Sardes, late Dynastic and early Persian periods, ca. 553-539 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion (on left, facing right), with extended right foreleg, and bull (on right, facing left) / Double incuse square punches of unequal size. Carradice 8. BMFA 2073. SNG von Aulock 2875.Well struck and reasonably well centered on a lozenge-shaped flan, with nice mellow surfaces.
The switch to a lighter standard of about 8.6 grams for gold seems to have occurred shortly before the Persians defeated Croesus and absorbed the Lydian Kingdom circa 546 BC. The Persians retained the Lydian coinage with only minor changes for some time before introducing their own coin designs, the daric and siglos, on a similar weight standard and exchange ratio.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 10000-15000 USD