Triton XVI, Lot: 483. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 610-560 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13mm, 4.73 g). Sardes mint. Confronted lion heads (only the left visible); [W]ALWET (in Lydian, retrograde) between / Two incuse square punches. Weidauer Group XVII, 92 (same die and punches); Traité I –; SNG Kayhan –; SNG von Aulock –; Dewing 2420 = Pozzi 2472 (same obv. die). Good VF. Rare.