Kings of Lydia
Coin #5
Issuing Authority
Kings of Lydia
Leader/ruler
temp. Alyattes-Kroisos
Earliest Date (bc)
620
Latest Date (bc)
539
Mint
Sardes
Metal
Electrum
Diameter Mm
12.5
Weight Gm
4.7
Denomination
Trite (third stater)
Obverse Description
Head of roaring lion right, “sun” with multiple rays on forehead
Reverse Description
Two incuse squares
Grade
VF
Peculiarities
Weakly struck on obverse, banker’s mark on reverse
Catalogue References
Weidauer Group XVI, 86–7; Kurth G24–5; cf. SNG Ashmolean 749–53.
Provenance
CNG eAuction 572, 9 October 2024, Lot 325
Purchase Date
9-Oct-24