LYDIAN KINGDOM. Walwet (ca. 620-560 BC). EL third-stater or trite (13mm, 4.72 gm). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 5/5. Lydo-Milesian standard, Sardes (?) mint. WALWET (or VALVEL or FALFET) (Lydian), legend between confronted lion heads, the right fully on the flan, radiate globule on forehead / Two incuse square punches of unequal size, side by side, with irregular interior surfaces. Linzalone 1079. Weidauer 94. Le Rider, La naissance de la monnaie, pp. 49-57. A rare left facing example. Nicely struck with areas of bright highlighting. From the Historical Scholar Collection

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