LYDIAN KINGDOM. Walwet (ca. 620-560 BC). EL third-stater or trite (13mm, 4.76 gm). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5. Lydo-Milesian standard, Sardes (?) mint. WALWET (Lydian), legend between confronted lion heads, the left fully on the flan / 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. From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk, private sale with old dealer's tag

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