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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 (11mm, 2.36 gm). NGC Choice VF★ 5/5 - 4/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes(?) mint. Confronting lion's heads, the left-facing head and the face of the right-facing lion visible, WALWET (in Lydian script) between / Two incuse square punches side-by-side. Weidauer Group XVII, 103. One of only a handful of specimens known that show most of both left- and right-facing lions!
HID02901242017
Estimate: 5000-7000 USD
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-561 BC). EL sixth stater or hecte (11mm, 2.36 gm). NGC Choice VF★ 5/5 - 4/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes(?) mint. Confronting lion's heads, the left-facing head and the face of the right-facing lion visible, WALWET (in Lydian script) between / Two incuse square punches side-by-side. Weidauer Group XVII, 103. One of only a handful of specimens known that show most of both left- and right-facing lions!
HID02901242017
Estimate: 5000-7000 USD