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Long Beach Signature Sale 3042 17-18 Sep 2015
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LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-561 BC). EL 1/6th stater or hecte (10mm, 2.35 gm). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes(?) mint. Confronting lion's heads, only the right visible (facing left); WALWET (in Lydian script) between / Two incuse square punches side-by-side. Weidauer Group XVII, 103. 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 - 4/5.
Estimate: 2000-2500 USD
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-561 BC). EL 1/6th stater or hecte (10mm, 2.35 gm). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes(?) mint. Confronting lion's heads, only the right visible (facing left); WALWET (in Lydian script) between / Two incuse square punches side-by-side. Weidauer Group XVII, 103. 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 - 4/5.
Estimate: 2000-2500 USD