CNG 87, Lot: 546. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 610-560 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (9mm, 2.33 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right; Lydian [WA]LWE[T], retrograde, downward on right / Two square punches. Weidauer 101 (same dies); Traité -; SNG Kayhan -; Boston MFA 1771 (same dies); Triton VI, 401 (same dies). VF, a little die rust on obverse.