Ancients
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-546 BC). EL third-stater or trite (13mm, 4.67 gm). NGC VF 5/5 - 5/5. Uninscribed, Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes. Head of lion right, mouth open, mane bristling, radiate sun above eye / Two square punches of different size, side by side, with irregular interior surfaces. Linzalone 1090. Weidauer 86. Boston 1764. SNG von Aulock 2868. SNG Kayhan 1013.
From A Professor's Collection of Ancient and Medieval Coinage. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 66 (19 May 2004), lot 472
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