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NYINC Signature Sale 3037 Sess. 2-4 5 January 2015
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LYDIAN KINGDOM. Time of Alyattes (ca. 610-561 BC). EL third-stater or trite (13mm, 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. NGC XF 4/5 - 5/5.
Estimate: 1200-1600 USD
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Time of Alyattes (ca. 610-561 BC). EL third-stater or trite (13mm, 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. NGC XF 4/5 - 5/5.
Estimate: 1200-1600 USD