Watch List notes:

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AV Stater (16mm, 7.99 g). Light standard. Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 3; Le Rider, Naissance, pl. V, 8; Traité I 401–3; SNG von Aulock 2875; BMC 31; Boston MFA 2073; Gulbenkian 757. Fully lustrous. With NGC Photo Certificate 4936619-008, graded Ch MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5. Well centered.


From the Matthew Curtis Collection.