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Auction 11 12 January 2014
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Lydia. Alyattes. c. 650-620 BC. EL Trite, 4.68g Obv: Head of lion right with jaws opened wide and wart on face; before, name FAΛFEI ("Walwet") . Rx: Irregular incuse. Weidauer 91. Dewing 2420. About EF
Ex Harlan J. Berk 145, 14 September 2005, lot 2
It appears that the Lydian series of WALWET, KUKAS and -LATE- should be dated a bit earlier than it was normally thought in recent years. A date in the third quarter of the seventh century BC appears to be reasonable. Therefore an equation of WALWET with King Alyattes (ruled 605-561) is not possible unless a new assessment of the written sources changes the date of his rule entirely. WALWET and his colleagues should accordingly be regarded as magistrates or wealthy noblemen of the Lydian court who organized the royal Lydian coinage on behalf of the king
Ex Harlan J. Berk 145, 14 September 2005, lot 2
It appears that the Lydian series of WALWET, KUKAS and -LATE- should be dated a bit earlier than it was normally thought in recent years. A date in the third quarter of the seventh century BC appears to be reasonable. Therefore an equation of WALWET with King Alyattes (ruled 605-561) is not possible unless a new assessment of the written sources changes the date of his rule entirely. WALWET and his colleagues should accordingly be regarded as magistrates or wealthy noblemen of the Lydian court who organized the royal Lydian coinage on behalf of the king