Ancients
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-561 BC). EL third stater or trite (12mm, 4.72 gm). NGC AU 5/5 - 3/5. 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. Metal a trifle porous, still an excellent example of this early type coinage.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 2000-3000 USD