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NYINC Signature Sale 3044 3-4 January 2016
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LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-561 BC). EL sixth stater or hecte (11mm, 2.38 gm). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes(?) mint. Confronting lion's heads, only the right-facing 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 partial inscription. NGC XF 4/5 - 5/5.
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-561 BC). EL sixth stater or hecte (11mm, 2.38 gm). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes(?) mint. Confronting lion's heads, only the right-facing 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 partial inscription. NGC XF 4/5 - 5/5.
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD