CROESUS SILVER SIXTH STATER – RARE DOUBLE STRIKE ERROR – CHOICE FINE NGC GRADED GREEK KINGDOM OF LYDIA COIN (Inv. 20390)

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20390. KINGS OF LYDIA. CROESUS, 561-546 BC.
Siver Sixth Stater, 11 mm. Issue of Sardes, ca. 550-546 BC.
Obv. Forepart of roaring lion right confronting forepart of bull left. Rev.Two incuse punches.
Rosen 667; SNG Kayhan 1019.
NGC graded CHOICE FINE, “die shift.” The “die shift” is actually a very interesting error in which the die double struck the planchet duplicating the lion’s snout that appears twice. Minting errors on Croesid coinage are very rare.