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Long Beach Signature Sale 3035 3-5 September 2014
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LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes (ca. 610-561 BC). EL third-stater or trite (12mm, 4.72 gm). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of lion to right, mouth open, mane bristling, and radiate globule above eye / Two square punches of different size side by side. Weidauer 86. Boston 1764. SNG von Aulock 2868. SNG Kayhan 1013. A pleasing example of one of the earliest type coins in wide circulation. Well centered and struck. Nearly Extremely Fine.Ex Classical Numismatic Group 88 (14 September 2011), lot 368.
Estimate: 3500-4500 USD
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes (ca. 610-561 BC). EL third-stater or trite (12mm, 4.72 gm). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of lion to right, mouth open, mane bristling, and radiate globule above eye / Two square punches of different size side by side. Weidauer 86. Boston 1764. SNG von Aulock 2868. SNG Kayhan 1013. A pleasing example of one of the earliest type coins in wide circulation. Well centered and struck. Nearly Extremely Fine.Ex Classical Numismatic Group 88 (14 September 2011), lot 368.
Estimate: 3500-4500 USD