CROESUS GOLD HEMIHECTE (1/12 STATER) – LIGHT SERIES SPECIMEN – MINT STATE NGC GRADED GREEK LYDIA COIN (Inv. 19818)

$9,750.00

19818. LYDIA. CROESUS, 561–546 BC.
Gold Hemihecte (1/12 Stater) of the “Light Series,” 0.68 g, 7 mm. Issue of Sardes, ca. 550–546 BC.
Obv. Confronted foreparts of roaring lion and bull. Rev. Incuse square with rough designs.
Berk 10–3; Kurth G56; SNG München 9 (same dies); Gulbenkian 759; Sunrise 9.
Ex CNG 100, 10/7/2015, lot 1494.
NGC graded MINT STATE, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, a spectacular coin struck from a fresh die on an elegantly elongated planchet.