Ancients
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-546 BC). EL third stater or trite (13mm, 4.73 gm). NGC MS 4/5 - 4/5. Uninscribed, 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 with irregular interior surfaces. Weidauer 86. Boston 1764. SNG von Aulock 2868. SNG Kayhan 1013. A bright example of one of the earliest type coins with a strong radiate globule.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 5000-7000 USD