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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 1/3rd stater or trite (12mm, 4.71 gm). Uninscribed, Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of lion right, mouth open, mane bristling, radiate globule above eye / Two square punches of different size side by side, four small rectangular countermarks containing varying numbers of pellets and other shapes around lower edge. Weidauer 86. Boston 1764. SNG von Aulock 2868. SNG Kayhan 1013. A very pleasing example of one of the earliest type coins, with an array of intriguing countermarks in unobtrusive locations. NGC XF 5/5 -4/5, countermarks.
Estimate: 2000-2800 USD
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-561 BC). EL 1/3rd stater or trite (12mm, 4.71 gm). Uninscribed, Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of lion right, mouth open, mane bristling, radiate globule above eye / Two square punches of different size side by side, four small rectangular countermarks containing varying numbers of pellets and other shapes around lower edge. Weidauer 86. Boston 1764. SNG von Aulock 2868. SNG Kayhan 1013. A very pleasing example of one of the earliest type coins, with an array of intriguing countermarks in unobtrusive locations. NGC XF 5/5 -4/5, countermarks.
Estimate: 2000-2800 USD