KINGS of LYDIA. Walwetes (Alyattes) II (Ardys). Early 640s-circa 620s BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.38 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. VF.

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Lot: 239. Estimated: $ 500

Greek, Electrum

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KINGS of LYDIA. Walwetes (Alyattes) II (Ardys). Early 640s-circa 620s BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.38 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, 103–10; Kurth G18; SNG Ashmolean 755 corr. (legend not noted). Minor double strike on obverse with worn die. VF.

For the reattribution of the WALWET-signed coinage from Walwetes (Alyattes) III, father of Kroisos, to Walwetes (Alyattes) II (Ardys), 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: 4 February 2026 at 11:19:20 ET.

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