IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Forty-eighth Stater (5mm, 0.33 g). Phokaic standard. Head of roaring lion left / Quadripartite incuse square. Traité I 61; M. Six, "Monnaies grecques, inédites et incertaines" in NC 1890, p. 202, 9. Some marks. VF.
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Forty-eighth Stater (4.5mm, 0.37 g). Phokaic standard. Helmeted head (Athena?) left / Quadripartite incuse square, diagonally divided. Unpublished in the standard references. Light deposits. Near VF.
ISLANDS off IONIA, Chios. Circa 490-435 BC. AR Didrachm or Stater (14mm, 7.88 g). Sphinx seated left; amphora to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Mavrogordato 21; HGC 6, 1118. Compact flan, slightly off center. VF.
LYDIA, Philadelphia. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Æ (21mm, 9.11 g, 12h). Hermippos, son of Hermogenes, archieros. Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Apollo seated left on high-backed throne upon which rests an owl, holding phiale and resting elbow on kithara to right. Hochard 1377; Kurth 40; SNG Copenhagen 337–8. Earthen green-brown patina. VF.
KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7mm, 1.17 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, "sun" with no rays on forehead / Incuse square. Kurth G29; Weidauer Group XV, 79-85; SNG Ashmolean –; Pozzi 2473. Typical die wear on obverse. Near VF.
KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12.5mm, 4.70 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right; sun with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse square punches. Weidauer Group XVI, 86–7; Kurth G24–5; cf. SNG Ashmolean 749–53. A couple of minor scratches. VF.
KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12.5mm, 4.70 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right; sun with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse square punches. Weidauer Group XVI, 86–7; Kurth G24–5; cf. SNG Ashmolean 749–53. Light scratches. VF.
KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13.5mm, 4.73 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right; sun with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XVI, 89; Kurth G26; SNG Ashmolean 749–51. Scrapes, banker's mark on obverse. VF.
KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7mm, 1.17 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, "sun" with no rays on forehead / Incuse square. Weidauer Group XVI, 90; Kurth G29–30; SNG Ashmolean 757. Light scratches. Near VF.
KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Stater (18.5mm, 10.62 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 20; Kurth S1; Traité I 407–8; SNG Ashmolean 760. Lightly toned, light granularity, a few light marks. VF.
KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Third Stater (15mm, 3.46 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 24; Kurth S5; SNG Ashmolean 772 (Persian period). Lightly toned. VF. Good metal for issue.
KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Third Stater (13mm, 3.33 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 24; Kurth S5; SNG Ashmolean 772 (Persian period). Toned, heavily granular surfaces. Near VF.
KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Sixth Stater (11mm, 1.67 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 25; Kurth S6–7; SNG Ashmolean 773 (Persian period). Small ink mark on obverse, small edge chip. VF. Good metal for issue.
KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Sixth Stater (11mm, 1.62 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 25; Kurth S6–7; SNG Ashmolean 773 (Persian period). Light marks. VF. Good metal for issue.
KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Sixth Stater (11.5mm, 1.67 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 25; Kurth S6–7; SNG Ashmolean 773 (Persian period). Minor granularity, light scratches. VF.
KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Sixth Stater (11.5mm, 1.66 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 25; Kurth S6–7; SNG Ashmolean 773 (Persian period). Typical granularity, minor roughness. Near VF.