Ancients
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-546 BC). EL third-stater or trite (12mm, 4.72 gm). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5. Uninscribed, Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of lion right, mouth open, mane bristling, radiate globule above eye / Bipartite incuse rectangular punch with rough interior surfaces. Weidauer 86. Boston 1764. SNG von Aulock 2868. SNG Kayhan 1013.
From a Private Japanese Collection. Ex Heritage Auction 3024 (CICF, 18 April 2013), lot 24669.
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Estimate: 2000-3000 USD