Ancients LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-546 BC). EL

Ancients
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-546 BC). EL third-stater or trite (12mm, 4.72gm). NGC VF 5/5 - 3/5, countermarks. Lydo-Milesian standard, Sardes, uninscribed issues. 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 86-89. Rosen 655-656. SNG von Aulock 2868. SNG Kayhan 1013. Lovely contrasting toning highlights the details of this coin.

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Estimate: 1200-1600 USD