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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 third-stater or trite (12mm, 4.73 gm). Uninscribed, Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of lion right, mouth open, mane bristling, radiate globule above eye, triangular countermark containing two pellets on bottom edge / Two square punches of different size side by side. Weidauer 86. Boston 1764. SNG von Aulock 2868. SNG Kayhan 1013. A decent example of one of the earliest type coins. NGC XF 5/5 -3/5, countermark.
Estimate: 1800-2400 USD
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-561 BC). EL third-stater or trite (12mm, 4.73 gm). Uninscribed, Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of lion right, mouth open, mane bristling, radiate globule above eye, triangular countermark containing two pellets on bottom edge / Two square punches of different size side by side. Weidauer 86. Boston 1764. SNG von Aulock 2868. SNG Kayhan 1013. A decent example of one of the earliest type coins. NGC XF 5/5 -3/5, countermark.
Estimate: 1800-2400 USD