LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-546 BC). EL third-stater or trite (12mm, 4.73 gm). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 4/5. 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. Solidly struck on satiny surfaces with light orange toning. A highly attractive example.

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