LYDIAN KINGDOM. Croesus (561-546 BC). AV sixth-stater or hecte (9mm, 1.77 gm). NGC Choice VF 3/5 - 3/5. Sardes, 'heavy' standard, ca. 561-550 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion on left and bull on right, both with extended foreleg / Two incuse square punches of unequal size, side-by-side, with irregular interior surfaces. Walburg Group III. Berk 9.7. Babylon Traité I 400. Very rare in the heavy series.

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