KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13mm, 4.75 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, "sun" with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XVI, 89; SNG Ashmolean 749–51. Toned, a few light marks. Good VF. Well struck.
From the Weise Collection. Ex New York Sale XX (7 January 2009), lot 213 (hammer $2600); Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 489 (June 1986), no. 6; Monetarium 45 (March 1986), no. 41.