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NYINC Signature Sale 3105 9 Jan 2023
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LYDIAN KINGDOM. Walwet (ca. 620-560 BC). EL third-stater or trite (12mm, 4.75 gm). NGC XF★ 5/5 - 5/5. 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. Well-struck and clear example of this popular early inscribed coinage.
Ex Providence Collection (Heritage Auctions, Auction 3040 CICF, 9 April 2015), lot 29099
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-lydian-kingdom-walwet-ca-620-560-bc-el-third-stater-or-trite-12mm-475-gm-ngc-xfand-9733-5-5-5-5/a/3105-32042.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3105-01092023
HID02906262019
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Estimate: 10000-15000 USD
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Walwet (ca. 620-560 BC). EL third-stater or trite (12mm, 4.75 gm). NGC XF★ 5/5 - 5/5. 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. Well-struck and clear example of this popular early inscribed coinage.
Ex Providence Collection (Heritage Auctions, Auction 3040 CICF, 9 April 2015), lot 29099
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-lydian-kingdom-walwet-ca-620-560-bc-el-third-stater-or-trite-12mm-475-gm-ngc-xfand-9733-5-5-5-5/a/3105-32042.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3105-01092023
HID02906262019
© 2022 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 10000-15000 USD