Ancients
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Walwet (before ca. 560 BC). EL third-stater or trite (12mm, 4.71 gm). NGC Choice XF★ 5/5 - 5/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes (?) mint. Confronting lion heads, only the right visible on the flan; WALWET (Lydian) between / Two incuse square punches of unequal size, side-by-side, with irregular interior surfaces. Linzalone 1079. Weidauer 94. Le Rider, La naissance de la monnaie, pp. 49-57. Boldly struck on satiny, toned flan. Very attractive coin in hand.
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Estimate: 8000-10000 USD