Watch List notes:

KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Cyrus – Darios I. Circa 550/39-520 BC. AR Siglos (16mm, 5.38 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Carradice pl. XI, 9; Berk 22; SNG Ashmolean 762–71; SNG von Aulock 2877–9; SNG Kayhan 1024–6; Boston MFA 2075 = Regling 1290; Sunrise 16. EF, darkly toned. Excellent metal.


From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex New York Sale I (3 December 1998), lot 149.