LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-546 BC). EL third-stater or trite (12mm, 4.17 gm). NGC Choice VF 3/5 - 3/5, light scuffs. Uninscribed, Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes. Head of lion right, mouth open, mane bristling, radiate sun above eye / Two square punches of different size, side by side, with irregular interior surfaces. Linzalone 1090. Weidauer 86. Boston 1764. SNG von Aulock 2868. SNG Kayhan 1013. Stylized lion stuck on eye appealing matte flan.
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