Ancients
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-546 BC). EL third-stater or trite (14mm, 4.75 gm). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5. 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. Light scratch near mouth on obverse and scuffs on lower left side of incuse on reverse noted for accuracy.
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Estimate: 4000-6000 USD