KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 620/10-564/53 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12.5mm, 4.75 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Near VF.Triton XXVII Greek, Electrum Sold For $ 3 250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 620/10-564/53 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12.5mm, 4.75 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Confronted lion heads (only the left visible); WALWET (in Lydian, retrograde) between / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XVII, 91–2; Traité I –; SNG Kayhan –; Boston MFA –; Triton XXIII, lot 409 (same rev. punches). Struck with rusty obverse die. Near VF. |