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ANA Signature Sale 3056 3 Aug 2017
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LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-561 BC). EL third stater or trite (13mm, 4.75 gm). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5. Uninscribed issue, Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of lion right, mouth open, mane bristling, radiate globule with four rays above eye / Two square punches of different size side by side. Weidauer 66. Boston 1764. SNG von Aulock 2868. SNG Kayhan 1013. Well centered and cleanly struck, a great example of one of the earliest coin types in wide circulation.
Ex CNG 73 (13 September 2006), lot 353.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 5000-7000 USD
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-561 BC). EL third stater or trite (13mm, 4.75 gm). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5. Uninscribed issue, Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of lion right, mouth open, mane bristling, radiate globule with four rays above eye / Two square punches of different size side by side. Weidauer 66. Boston 1764. SNG von Aulock 2868. SNG Kayhan 1013. Well centered and cleanly struck, a great example of one of the earliest coin types in wide circulation.
Ex CNG 73 (13 September 2006), lot 353.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 5000-7000 USD