KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7mm, 1.20 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, "sun" with no rays on forehead / Incuse square. Weidauer Group XVI, 90; SNG Ashmolean 757. Light marks. Good VF.
From the William H. Birkinshaw Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 58 (19 September 2001), lot 596.