Ancients
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Walwet (before ca. 560 BC). EL third-stater or trite (12mm, 4.74 gm). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 4/5. Lydo-Milesian standard, Sardes (?) mint. WALWET (or VALVEL or FALFET) (Lydian), legend between confronted lion heads, the right fully on the flan, radiate sun on forehead / 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. Mellow patina with obsidian toning in the recesses.
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