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294, Lot: 347. Estimate $1000.
Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 610-560 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (10mm, 2.33 g). “Branch” mint. Confronted lion heads (only the left-facing clearly visible); legend between / Two incuse square punches. Weidauer Group XVII, 106; Traité I 57; SNG Kayhan 1012. VF. Very rare.


As with the trites, the hektes were struck with dies that have two confronted lion heads, although the size of the flan only allowed one to be shown in full.