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CICF Signature Sale 3040 9-10 April 2015
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LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-561 BC). EL sixth-stater or hecte (11mm, 2.36 gm). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes(?) mint. Confronting lion's heads, only the left visible; WALWET (in Lydian script) between / Two incuse square punches side-by-side. Weidauer Group XVII, 103. Well struck, with a particularly well centered lion's head and clear inscription. Among the finest known specimens of this rare early inscribed coinage. NGC XF 5/5 - 5/5. From The Providence Collection.
Estimate: 2000-2500 USD
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-561 BC). EL sixth-stater or hecte (11mm, 2.36 gm). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes(?) mint. Confronting lion's heads, only the left visible; WALWET (in Lydian script) between / Two incuse square punches side-by-side. Weidauer Group XVII, 103. Well struck, with a particularly well centered lion's head and clear inscription. Among the finest known specimens of this rare early inscribed coinage. NGC XF 5/5 - 5/5. From The Providence Collection.
Estimate: 2000-2500 USD