312, Lot: 11. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 610-560 BC. EL Trite (12mm, 4.72 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion left, “sun” on forehead; WALWEL (in Lydian) downward on left / Two square punches. Cf. Weidauer Group XVII, 3–4 (different style and legend orientation); NFA XXVII, lot 63 (same obv. die). VF, usual die rust on obverse. Very rare.

From the Clearwater Collection.

As with the previous lot, the style on this example is more schematic than usual.