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KINGS of LYDIA. Walwetes (Alyattes) II (Ardys). Early 640s-circa 620s BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7.5mm, 1.11 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Confronted heads of roaring lions (die positioned to feature the right side lion); traces of legend to left / Incuse punch. Weidauer Group XVII, 113 (but same dies as 112, which features left side lion on die); cf. Artemision 78 (hekte; same right side punch); Kurth G20; Traité I 58; Triton XXIX, lot 254 (same punch; hammer $5500). VF. Struck from hekte dies.
For the reattribution of the WALWET-signed coinage from Alyattes III (Ardys), father of Kroisos, to Alyattes II, son of Gyges, see W. Fischer-Bossert, “43. FALFET and KVKALEM” in: J. Bodzek, A. Bursche, and A. Zapolska, eds. Proceedings of the XVI International Numismatic Congress, 11-16.09.2022, Warsaw, Vol. I: Greek Numismatics (Turnhout, 2025).
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