KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7mm, 1.17 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, "sun" with no rays on forehead / Incuse square. Weidauer Group XV, 79-85; SNG Ashmolean –; Pozzi 2473. Near VF, lightly toned.
From the William Whetstone Collection.