Ancients
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-561 BC). EL third stater or trite (13mm, 4.71 gm). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5, edge taps. Uninscribed issue, 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. Weidauer 86. Boston 1764. SNG von Aulock 2868. SNG Kayhan 1013. Struck on an unusually wide flan, with the die-edge visible to left.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 2500-3200 USD