445, Lot: 181. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 620/10-564/53 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.18 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion left; [legend to right] / Incuse square. Weidauer Group XVII, 113; cf. SNG Ashmolean 756 (hekte). In NGC encapsulation, 4241547-002, graded XF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.

From the MM Collection. Ex Heritage 3057 (7 September 2017), lot 30155.