CNG 94, Lot: 623. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 610-560 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13mm, 1.74 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Figural type. Sardes mint. Confronted lion heads (only the right visible); [W]ALWET (in Lydian, retrograde) between / Two incuse square punches. Weidauer Group XVII, 93-4; Traité I 54-5; SNG Kayhan –; Boston MFA –. VF. Clear inscription.

From the Clearwater Collection.