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LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-561 BC). EL 1/12 stater or hemihecte (8mm, 1.17 gm). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 4/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion left; partial inscription WALWET (Lydian) before / Incuse square punch. Weidauer Group XVII, 113. Very rare with left facing head. Bright surfaces with touches of silver toning.
The early inscribed electrum fractions inscribed with the Lydian legend WALWET were engraved on the obverse with two confronting lion's heads, with the legend in between. Invariably the flans were too small to show both lion heads; most surviving specimens show the right-facing lion head only, sometimes with a portion of the legend and left-facing head. This is a rare example showing the left-facing head in its entirety.
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HID02906262019
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Estimate: 1000-1500 USD
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-561 BC). EL 1/12 stater or hemihecte (8mm, 1.17 gm). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 4/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion left; partial inscription WALWET (Lydian) before / Incuse square punch. Weidauer Group XVII, 113. Very rare with left facing head. Bright surfaces with touches of silver toning.
The early inscribed electrum fractions inscribed with the Lydian legend WALWET were engraved on the obverse with two confronting lion's heads, with the legend in between. Invariably the flans were too small to show both lion heads; most surviving specimens show the right-facing lion head only, sometimes with a portion of the legend and left-facing head. This is a rare example showing the left-facing head in its entirety.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-lydian-kingdom-alyattes-or-walwet-ca-610-561-bc-el-1-12-stater-or-hemihecte-8mm-117-gm-ngc-choice/a/3094-34134.s?type=CoinArchives3094
HID02906262019
© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD