Lot 1946
Sale 47 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes
Description
Lydia, Kingdom, Barbarous Imitation, struck by Cimmerians, uncertain mint, c.650-600 B.C., Electrum 1/24th stater (0.69 grams), obv. crude lion's head to right, rev. square incuse punch divided into four quarters with a central raised dot, (S.3408; L. Weidauer `Probleme der fruhen Electronpragung', No.122-3 [Plate 13]; BMC 29 [Lydia]). Very fine and very rare.
One of the first coins ever made.
- Estimate
- $400
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $320