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NYINC Signature Sale 3037 Sess. 2-4 5 January 2015
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LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes (ca. 610-561 BC). EL third-stater or trite (12mm, 4.74 gm). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of lion right, mouth open, mane bristling, 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 crisply struck. NGC AU★ 5/5 - 5/5.
Estimate: 2500-3500 USD
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes (ca. 610-561 BC). EL third-stater or trite (12mm, 4.74 gm). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of lion right, mouth open, mane bristling, 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 crisply struck. NGC AU★ 5/5 - 5/5.
Estimate: 2500-3500 USD