CNG 91, Lot: 308. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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