Ancients
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-546 BC). EL third-stater or trite (12mm, 4.71 gm). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 2/5, brushed. Uninscribed issue, Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of lion right, mouth open, mane bristling, radiate globule above eye / Two square punches of different size, side by side, with irregular interior surfaces. Weidauer 86. Boston 1764. SNG von Aulock 2868. SNG Kayhan 1013. Nicely centered on pale, satiny flan.
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Estimate: 800-1200 USD