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LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-561 BC). EL third stater or trite (12mm, 4.71 gm). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 4/5. 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. With a particularly clear lion's head, set off by pleasing reddish toning in fields.
From the Buzz Owen Collection. Acquired from Palladium Numismatics, 1995/6.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 2500-3500 USD
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-561 BC). EL third stater or trite (12mm, 4.71 gm). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 4/5. 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. With a particularly clear lion's head, set off by pleasing reddish toning in fields.
From the Buzz Owen Collection. Acquired from Palladium Numismatics, 1995/6.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 2500-3500 USD