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311, Lot: 769. Estimate $1500.
Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 610-560 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12mm, 4.69 g). Sardes mint. Confronted lion heads (only the right visible); [W]ALW[ET] (in Lydian) between / Two incuse square punches. Weidauer Group XVII, 96 var. (orientation of legend); Traité I 54 var. (same). VF.


This issue is struck with an obverse die containing two heads, but is typically struck so that only one or the other lion head is visible.