LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-546 BC). EL third stater or trite (12mm, 4.72 gm). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5, countermark. Uninscribed, Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of lion right, mouth open, mane bristling, radiate globule above eye / Two square punches of different size side by side, small rectangular countermark on lower edge. Weidauer 86. Boston 1764. SNG von Aulock 2868. SNG Kayhan 1013. A pleasing example of one of the earliest type coins.

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