Ancients
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-546 BC). EL third stater or trite (13mm, 4.71 gm). NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 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. Linzalone 1090 (this coin). Weidauer 86. Boston 1764. SNG von Aulock 2868. SNG Kayhan 1013. Beautifully struck and centered example of one of the earliest type coins.
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Estimate: 8000-12000 USD