KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12.5mm, 4.73 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, "sun" with four rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XV, 71–3; SNG Ashmolean 748. Toned, struck with worn obverse die. VF.
From the David J. Fleischmann Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk (lot includes an old Berk inventory ticket for the coin).