Ancients LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-546 BC). EL

Ancients
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-546 BC). EL third-stater or trite (13mm, 4.75 gm). Uninscribed issue, Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of lion right, mouth open, mane bristling, radiate globule above eye / Two square punches of different size side by side. Weidauer 86. Boston 1764. SNG von Aulock 2868. SNG Kayhan 1013. A pleasing example of one of the earliest type coins in wide circulation. Well centered and crisply struck. NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 5/5.

Estimate: 6000-7500 USD