CNG 94, Lot: 624. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 610-560 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9mm, 2.35 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Figural type. Sardes mint. Confronted lion heads (only the left visible); [WA]LWE[T] (in Lydian, retrograde) between / Two incuse square punches. Weidauer Group XVII, 101-2 (same dies and punches); Traité I 51-2; SNG Kayhan –; Boston MFA –. VF, die rust.
From the Clearwater Collection.