Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XIII 23 March 2017
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Kingdom of Lydia, Alyattes EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater. Sardes, circa 610-560 BC. Lion's head left with open jaws, solar-disk above forehead, confronting open jaws of lion's head right; WALWET (in Lydian retrograde script) between / Two incuse square punches. Weidauer 99. 2.37g, 10mm.
Very Fine; exceptional for the type. Rare.
From a private German Collection.
As with the trites (see above), the hektes bear two lions' heads, though like their larger counterparts they normally suffer from being struck on flans too small for the dies, and consequently it is usual to only find one lion and a partial legend. On this example however, we see a significant portion of the second lion's head, and five out of six letters of the legend.
Very Fine; exceptional for the type. Rare.
From a private German Collection.
As with the trites (see above), the hektes bear two lions' heads, though like their larger counterparts they normally suffer from being struck on flans too small for the dies, and consequently it is usual to only find one lion and a partial legend. On this example however, we see a significant portion of the second lion's head, and five out of six letters of the legend.