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KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 620/10-564/53 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (14.5mm, 4.76 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. VF.CNG Feature Auction 129 Greek, Electrum Estimate: $ 2 000 |
KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 620/10-564/53 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (14.5mm, 4.76 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Confronted heads of roaring lions, “sun” on foreheads (die positioned to feature the left side lion); WALW[...] (in retrograde Lydian [the L also inverted]) downward between, read from the inside-out / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XVII, 91–2 var. = Le Rider, Naissance, pl. IV, 10–1 var. (orientation of legend); SNG Ashmolean –; SNG Kayhan –; Traité I –. Minor marks. VF. |