LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-546 BC). EL third-stater or trite (12mm, 4.72 gm). NGC Choice AU S 5/5 - 4/5. Uninscribed, Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of lion right, mouth open, mane bristling, radiate globule above eye / Bipartite incuse rectangular punch with rough interior surfaces. Weidauer 86. Boston 1764. SNG von Aulock 2868. SNG Kayhan 1013. Unusually crisp and detailed with perfect centering, allowing the entire obverse to be present.

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