Watch List notes:

KINGS OF LYDIA. Alyattes II to Kroisos, circa 610-546 BC. Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (Electrum, 7 mm, 1.16 g), Sardes. Head of a lion with sun and rays on its forehead to right. Rev. Incuse square punch. CNG E-Auction 289 (2012), 126 (for a similarly countermarked piece). Rosen 654. SNG Kayhan 101. Weidauer 90. An interesting example with no less than sixteen bankers' marks. Good fine.


For similarly countermarked pieces, see lots 264-265 above.