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Lot 1524

Estimate: 50 GBP
Price realized: 300 GBP
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Electrotype: Kingdom of Lydia, Kroisos AV Stater. Unknown maker, likely British Museum Electrotype. Copying the Heavy series issue of Sardes, circa 564/53-505/500 BC. Confronted foreparts of roaring lion to right and bull to left, each with extended foreleg / Two incuse squares of unequal size. For prototype, cf.: Head, Guide Period IA, 20 (same dies); GRPC Lydia G50; Berk 2; BMC 30, pl. I, 14; Traité I, 396; Carradice, pl. X, 1; Boston MFA 2068-2069; McClean 8635; Rosen 660; SNG Copenhagen 454; Le Rider, Naissance, pl. V, 2; Gulbenkian 756. 5.10g, 19mm.

Condition as seen.

From a private UK collection.
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