Ancients
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-546 BC). EL third-stater or trite (14mm, 4.71 gm). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 4/5, countermarks. Uninscribed, Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of lion right, mouth open, mane bristling, radiate globule above eye / Incuse punch of unusually deep design. Weidauer 86. Boston 1764. SNG von Aulock 2868. SNG Kayhan 1013. A well struck and centered example of one of the earliest type coins.
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Estimate: 4000-6000 USD