Watch List notes:

KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.18 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, "sun" with no rays on forehead / Incuse square. Kurth G29; Weidauer Group XV, 79-85; SNG Ashmolean –; Pozzi 2473. Typical die wear on obverse. VF.

From the MM Collection. Ex Lanz 165 (9 December 2017), lot 128.