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LYDIAN KINGDOM. Walwet (ca. 620-560 BC). EL sixth-stater or hecte (10mm, 2.37 gm). NGC Choice VF★ 5/5 - 5/5. Lydo-Milesian standard, Sardes (?) mint. WALWET (Lydian), inscription between confronted lion heads / Two incuse square punches of unequal size, side-by-side, with irregular interior surfaces. Weidauer Group XVII, 103. Well centered with crisp devices.
From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Roma Numismatics, Auction XIII (23 March 2017), lot 297
The dies of third staters (trites) and sixth staters (like this specimen) were engraved with two confronting lion heads with the Lydian legend between them; however, the flans are invariably too small to show both heads. Only a tiny number possess an inscription as complete as the one seen here, with nearly all letters present.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-lydian-kingdom-walwet-ca-620-560-bc-el-sixth-stater-or-hecte-10mm-237-gm-ngc-choice-vfand-9733-/a/61288-95059.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61288-09182022
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LYDIAN KINGDOM. Walwet (ca. 620-560 BC). EL sixth-stater or hecte (10mm, 2.37 gm). NGC Choice VF★ 5/5 - 5/5. Lydo-Milesian standard, Sardes (?) mint. WALWET (Lydian), inscription between confronted lion heads / Two incuse square punches of unequal size, side-by-side, with irregular interior surfaces. Weidauer Group XVII, 103. Well centered with crisp devices.
From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Roma Numismatics, Auction XIII (23 March 2017), lot 297
The dies of third staters (trites) and sixth staters (like this specimen) were engraved with two confronting lion heads with the Lydian legend between them; however, the flans are invariably too small to show both heads. Only a tiny number possess an inscription as complete as the one seen here, with nearly all letters present.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-lydian-kingdom-walwet-ca-620-560-bc-el-sixth-stater-or-hecte-10mm-237-gm-ngc-choice-vfand-9733-/a/61288-95059.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61288-09182022
HID02906262019
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