LYDIAN KINGDOM. Walwet (ca. 620-560 BC). EL third-stater or trite (13mm, 4.67 gm). NGC VF 5/5 - 3/5. 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. Nice example of the popular early inscribed coinage.
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