CROESUS SILVER SIGLOS – CONFRONTED FOREPARTS OF LION AND BULL ISSUE WITH SCARCE COUNTERMARKS – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED GREEK LYDIA COIN (Inv. 19686)

$1,250.00

19686. LYDIA. CROESUS, 561–546 BC.
Silver Siglos (half stater), 5.24 g, 15 mm.
Obv. Forepart of roaring lion right confronting forepart of bull left. Rev. Two incuse punches.
Berk 9.23; SNG Kayhan 1025; SNG von Aulock 2877–2879.
NGC graded CHOICE VF, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, “countermark.”
Croseid silver only rarely bears countermarks, unlike the earlier electrum Lydian issues that are often covered with them. This specimen has a square countermark with a star (or flower) applied to the edge.