Watch List notes:

LYDIA. Sardes (?). 4th century BC. Chalkous (Bronze, 13 mm, 1.23 g, 11 h). Head of Dionysos to left, wearing wreath of ivy and fruit. Rev. 𐤮- 𐤱 ('s-f' in Lydian) Kantharos. S. Brackmann: Autonome Chalkoi aus der Satrapenhauptstadt Sardeis?, in: Geldgeschichtliche Nachrichten 215 (2003), pp. 252-3. GRPC Lydia -. Leu Web Auction 8 (2019), 400. Vögtli, Pergamon 524. The reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, good very fine.


The Lydian legend 𐤮-𐤱 ('s-f' in Lydian) indicates that this issue was possibly struck at Sardes, which was called 'Sfard' in Lydian.