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CSNS Signature Sale 3099 5-7 May 2022
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LYDIAN KINGDOM. Walwet (ca. 620-560 BC). EL third-stater or trite (13mm, 4.72 gm). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5. Lydo-Milesian standard, Sardes (?) mint. WALWET (Lydian), legend between confronted lion heads, the left fully on the flan / 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. Unusually nice specimen with full inscription and part of the right lion on the flan.
Known examples of electrum coins inscribed in the name of the Lydian king Alyattes (rendered WALWET in the ancient Lydian script) were in the single digits until recently, when several examples appeared on the market. They remain rare and are certainly among the first coins in history to carry an inscription along with a "type." The dies of third-staters (trites) and sixth-staters (hectes) were engraved with two confronting lion heads with the Lydian legend between them; however, the flans are invariably too small to fully show both heads.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-lydian-kingdom-walwet-ca-620-560-bc-el-third-stater-or-trite-13mm-472-gm-ngc-choice-xf-5-5-3-5/a/3099-30042.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3099-05052022
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Estimate: 8000-12000 USD
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Walwet (ca. 620-560 BC). EL third-stater or trite (13mm, 4.72 gm). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5. Lydo-Milesian standard, Sardes (?) mint. WALWET (Lydian), legend between confronted lion heads, the left fully on the flan / 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. Unusually nice specimen with full inscription and part of the right lion on the flan.
Known examples of electrum coins inscribed in the name of the Lydian king Alyattes (rendered WALWET in the ancient Lydian script) were in the single digits until recently, when several examples appeared on the market. They remain rare and are certainly among the first coins in history to carry an inscription along with a "type." The dies of third-staters (trites) and sixth-staters (hectes) were engraved with two confronting lion heads with the Lydian legend between them; however, the flans are invariably too small to fully show both heads.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-lydian-kingdom-walwet-ca-620-560-bc-el-third-stater-or-trite-13mm-472-gm-ngc-choice-xf-5-5-3-5/a/3099-30042.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3099-05052022
HID02906262019
© 2022 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 8000-12000 USD