Walwel Trite

Triton XIV, Lot: 319. Estimate $3000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 610-560 BC. EL 1/3 Stater – Trite (12mm, 4.72 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion left; [WA]LWE[L] (in Lydian) downward on left / Two square punches. Weidauer Group XVII, 93-4 and 96 var. (orientation of legend); Elektron -; cf. SNG von Aulock 8204; SNG Kayhan -; Rosen -; Traité I 54 var. (same); SNG München 5 var. (same); Künker 133, lot 8191 (same dies). Good VF. Very rare; Walwel trites are much rarer than the hektes.