KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7.5mm, 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. Double-struck with worn obverse die. VF.
From the William H. Birkinshaw Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 73 (13 September 2006), lot 355.