449, Lot: 156. Estimate $250. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 620/10-564/53 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.33 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, “sun” with no rays on forehead; WALW (in Lydian) downward on right, read from outside-in (only traces visible); all on plain background / Two square punches. Weidauer Group XVII, 103 (same die and punches); SNG Ashmolean 755 corr. (legend not noted). Struck from worn die, light scratches. Good Fine.