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KINGS of LYDIA. Walwetes (Alyattes) II (Ardys). Early 640s-circa 620s BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.33 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Confronted heads of roaring lions, “sun” on foreheads (die positioned to feature the left side lion); [WA]LWE[L] (in Lydian) downward between / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XVII, 99 and 101 (same dies); Artemision 78 (same dies); Kurth G18; SNG Ashmolean 754; SNG Kayhan 1012; Traité I 51–2. Typical die wear. 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).
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