Watch List notes:

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Third Stater (14mm, 2.92 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 24; Traité I 412; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Ashmolean 772 (Persian period); BMC –; Boston MFA 2071 = Warren 1291; Rosen 666. Toned, a couple of tiny marks on obverse. EF. Good metal for issue.


From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 51 (15 September 1999), lot 451; Classical Numismatic Group 49 (17 March 1999), lot 579.