KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes II (Ardys). Early 640s-circa 620s BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.33 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. VF.

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Lot: 164. Estimated: $ 750

Greek, Electrum

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KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes II (Ardys). Early 640s-circa 620s BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.33 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, “sun” with no rays on forehead; traces of WALW (in Lydian) downward on right, read from outside-in / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XVII, 107 (same dies[?]); Kurth G18; SNG Ashmolean 755 corr. (legend not noted). Struck with worn dies, a few light scuffs. VF.

For the reattribution of the WALWET-signed coinage from Alyattes III (Ardys), father of Kroisos, to Alyattes II, son of Gyges, see W. Fischer-Bossert, “43. FALFET and KVKALEM” in: J. Bodzek, A. Bursche, and A. Zapolska, eds. Proceedings of the XVI International Numismatic Congress, 11-16.09.2022, Warsaw, Vol. I: Greek Numismatics (Turnhout, 2025).

Closing Date and Time: 15 October 2025 at 10:54:20 ET.

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