Watch List notes:

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Hemistater (15mm, 5.04 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 23; SNG Ashmolean –; SNG Kayhan 1024-6. Toned, some granularity and roughness, scratch on obverse. Near VF.


From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 237 (7 March 2016), lot 1476.