Watch List notes:

KINGS OF LYDIA. Alyattes II to Kroisos, circa 610-546 BC. Trite (Electrum, 12 mm, 4.69 g), Sardes. Head of a lion with sun and rays on its forehead to right. Rev. Incuse square punch. SNG Kayhan 1013. Weidauer 86-9. With five interesting countermarks. Minor scratches, otherwise, about very fine.


For similarly countermarked pieces, see lots 265-266 below.