Last additions - Kings of Lydia
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AV 1/24 Stater484 viewsca 560-546 BC. AV 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.48g). Heavy standard. Sardeis mint. Struck ca 560-550 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Incuse square punch.Sep 25, 2018
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR 1/12 Stater460 viewsKroisos, ca 560-546 BC. AR 1/12 Stater (7mm, 0.87g). Confronted foreparts of lion right, with extended right foreleg, and bull left / Rough incuse square.Sep 25, 2018
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR 1/3 Stater603 viewsKroisos, ca 560-546 BC. AR 1/3 Stater (14mm, 3.49g). Confronted foreparts of lion right, with extended right foreleg, and bull left / Bipartite incuse squares of unequal size.Sep 25, 2018
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR 1/24 Stater459 viewsKroisos, ca 560-546 BC. AR 1/24 Stater (5mm, 0.30g). Sardeis mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Incuse square.Sep 25, 2018
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(BC 545-520) Cyrus/Darios - AR Siglos2321 viewsTime of Cyrus to Darios I, ca 545-520 BC. AR Siglos (15mm, 5.23g). Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two incuse square punches. Near EF, toned. The first coinage of the Persian Empire. Jul 12, 2013
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AV 1/24 Stater1198 viewsKroisos, ca 560-546 BC. AV Twenty-Fourth Stater (5mm, 0.32g). Light standard. Sardes mint. Struck ca 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Incuse square punch. VF. Extremely rare denomination for light series. Jul 12, 2013
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(BC 610-546) EL 1/3 Stater2810 viewsTime of Alyattes to Kroisos, ca 610-546 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13mm, 4.69g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, sun with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse square punches. Good VF, toned, a few light marks. Jul 12, 2013
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(BC 610-560) Alyattes - EL 1/12 Stater2348 viewsAlyattes, ca 610-560 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (7mm, 1.12g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, with knob on forehead / Incuse square punch. Countermarks VF, host coin Fine. At least 15 or 16 bankers' marks. Rare as such. Nov 19, 2012
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(BC 610-546) EL 1/3 Stater1828 viewstemp. Alyattes to Kroisos, ca 610-546 BC. EL Trite - 1/3 Stater (14mm, 4.64g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, knob on forehead / Two incuse square punches. Near VF, multiple bankers/countermarks on obverse and on edge. Jun 12, 2012
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR 1/3 Stater2142 viewsca 560-546 BC. AR 1/3 Stater (13mm, 3.31g). Sardeis mint, struck ca 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two incuse square punches of unequal size. VF, toned, typical light porosity. Jun 09, 2012
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR Stater2170 viewsca 560-546 BC. AR Stater – Double Siglos (20mm, 10.39g). Sardeis mint, struck ca 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two square punches of unequal size. VF,Jun 09, 2012
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR Stater2131 viewsca 560-546 BC. AR Stater – Double Siglos (20mm, 10.40 g). Sardeis mint, struck ca 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two square punches of unequal size. Good VF, find patina. Jun 09, 2012
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AV 1/6 Stater2345 viewsca 560-546 BC. AV Hekte – 1/6 Stater (8mm, 1.32g). Light standard. Sardeis mint. Struck circa 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse square punches of unequal size. VF. Very rare. Jun 09, 2012
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AV 1/24 Stater1451 viewsca 560-546 BC. AV 1/24 Stater (5mm, 0.44g). Heavy standard. Sardeis mint. Struck circa 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Incuse square punch. VF. Very rare. Jun 09, 2012
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AV 1/12 Stater1743 viewsKroisos, King Of Lydia, ca 561-546 BC. AV 1/12 Stater (0.6g, 6mm), light series, struck at Sardeis ca 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Incuse square punch. EF. Ex Gorny & Mosch Sale 199, 504.Apr 03, 2012
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(BC 562) Uncertain King - EL 1/24 Stater1621 viewsUncertain King, before 561 BC. EL 1/24 stater (0.55g). Milesian standard. Boar's head right / Four-part incuse square with roughly stellar pattern. Good VF.Jan 23, 2010
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(BC 562) Uncertain King - EL 1/48 Stater1208 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/48 (?) Stater (5mm, 0.19g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Animal’s head (bull?) left / Incuse punch. EF.Jan 23, 2010
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(BC 619-561) Alyattes II - EL 1/3 Stater1873 viewslate 7th century BC. EL Trite (4.36g, 10,5mm). Head of roaring lion right; retrograde legend (WALWET) downward on right / Double incuse square punch. Light deposits, obverse scratch, VF.Jul 10, 2009
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(BC 650-600) Valvel or Walwet - EL Hekte 2908 viewsca 7th century BC. EL Hekte (2.35g). Head of roaring lion right; Lydian inscription to left / Double incuse punch. Rare. Very fine.Jul 05, 2008
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(BC 545-520) Cyrus/Darios - AV Stater4205 viewsTime of Cyrus to Darios I, Kings of Lydia, ca 545-520 BC. AV Stater (15mm, 8.06g). Light standard, Sardeis mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Double incuse punch. EF.Dec 29, 2006
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(BC 600-550) Alyattes II - EL 1/96 Stater1482 viewsAlyattes II, King Of Lydia, ca 600-550 BC. EL 1/96th Stater (4mm, 0.15g). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse square punch. VF, very pale.Dec 29, 2006
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AV Stater2466 viewsKroisos, King Of Lydia, ca 561-546 BC. AV Stater (16mm, 8.03g). Sardeis mint, struck ca 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse square punches of unequal size. EF, lustrous, some minor marks.Dec 29, 2006
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(BC 562) Uncertain King - EL 1/3 Stater2279 viewsUncertain King, before 561 BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.71g). Head of boar with prominent tusk right / Double incuse punch with rough stellate pattern. Good VF.
The Spier coin proves the obverse die shows two boar heads confronted; the small flan causes the right handed boar to be lacking. Conceivably, there existed a full stater with the complete type present.Oct 12, 2005
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(BC 545-520) Cyrus/Darios - AV Stater3467 viewsTime of Kroisos to Cambyses, King Of Lydia, ca 560-525 BC. AV Stater (8.03g), light series, Sardeis mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two square incuse punches of unequal size. EF.Oct 08, 2005
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(BC 560-525) Kroisos - AV Stater2496 viewsTime of Kroisos to Cambyses, King Of Lydia, ca 560-525 BC. AV Stater (8.07g), light series, Sardeis mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two square incuse punches of unequal size. Good VF.Oct 08, 2005
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(BC 619-561) Alyattes - EL 1/3 Stater3777 viewsAlyattes, King Of Lydia, ca 619-561 BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.74g, 12mm, 4mm thick). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse square punch.Jun 26, 2005
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(BC 560-525) Kroisos - AV 1/24 Stater1890 viewsTime of Kroisos to Cambyses, Kings Of Lydia, ca 560-525 BC. AV 1/24 Stater (0.44g). Kroisid type, heavy series. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Double incuse square punch. Fine. Extremely rare.Jun 20, 2005
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(BC 600-550) Uncertain King - EL 1/12 Stater7528 viewsearly 6th cent BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.16g). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse square punch. VF, choice centering and strike. Jun 20, 2005
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR 1/2 Stater5867 viewsKroisos, King of Lydia, ca 561-546 BC. AR Siglos (5.36g, 26mm). Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion right and bull left; pellet over head of lion / Double incuse punch. Choice VF, good metal.Feb 21, 2005
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(BC 600-550) Uncertain King - AR Fourre' Hekte1886 viewsBefore 561 BC. AR Hekte (1.03g). Head of roaring lion right / Irregular incuse punch. Unpublished in major references. Probably once coated with electrum foil, similar to the coin mentioned in Franke's Antike Metallurgie und Muenzpragung, page 15. This coin also made from silver/ billon (rather than bronze, as typical for later fourre's).Dec 26, 2004
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