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ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
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159
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ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
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Estimate €300
Voluntary lot
Description
ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
Lydia, Alyattes I [or Walwet] (635–585 BC). 1/12th of a stater or trite ND (610–560 BC), Sardis.
Ob. Lion’s head, mouth open, facing right, with a radiant sun on the forehead.
Rev. Irregular hollow square.
SNG von Aulock 2871 – Weidauer 90; Electrum – 1.16 g – 7.5 mm – 12 h
Well centred. With a golden patina. TTB.
Alyattes I was the fourth king of the Mermnad dynasty, who reigned over Lydia from 685 to 547 BC, and the father of Croesus. He was the first to issue coins in electrum, whilst his son would establish a bimetallic gold/silver system. His name, Alyattes – or Walwetes in Lydian – derives from the Lydian word ‘walwe’, meaning ‘lion’, which is depicted on the obverse of this electrum trite.
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