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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 1/12th stater or hemihecte (8mm, 1.16 gm). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right; WALWET in Lydian script to right / Incuse square punch. Weidauer Group XVII, 12 (same dies). Rare and among the finest known examples. NGC AU 4/5 - 5/5. Ex Providence Collection.
Estimate: 1500-1800 USD
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-561 BC). EL 1/12th stater or hemihecte (8mm, 1.16 gm). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right; WALWET in Lydian script to right / Incuse square punch. Weidauer Group XVII, 12 (same dies). Rare and among the finest known examples. NGC AU 4/5 - 5/5. Ex Providence Collection.
Estimate: 1500-1800 USD