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NYINC Signature Sale 3061 7-8 Jan 2018
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LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-561 BC). EL sixth-stater or hecte (10mm, 2.36 gm). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes(?) mint. Confronting lion's heads, only the left (facing right) visible; WALWET (in Lydian script) between / Two incuse square punches side-by-side. Weidauer Group XVII, 103. Rare! Well centered lion's head and a substantial part of the legend readable to right.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 2500-3500 USD
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-561 BC). EL sixth-stater or hecte (10mm, 2.36 gm). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes(?) mint. Confronting lion's heads, only the left (facing right) visible; WALWET (in Lydian script) between / Two incuse square punches side-by-side. Weidauer Group XVII, 103. Rare! Well centered lion's head and a substantial part of the legend readable to right.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 2500-3500 USD