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Tyrants of the Tigris & euphrates
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Lydian Kings
Electrum Hemihekte (Twelfth Stater). (1.19 g), ca. 620-550 BC
Alyattes to Kroisos, Kings of Lydia
Weidauer 90; SNG Kayhan 1015; SNG Ashmolean 757. Extremely Fine.
Sardes. Head of a roaring lion right, rising sun without rays on forehead. Reverse: Incuse punch.
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Uncertain Ionia
Electrum 1/48th Stater. (0.31 g), ca. 600-550 BC
Anonymous, ca. 600-550 BC
Unpublished in the standard references. Extremely Fine.
Lydo-Milesian standard. Head of roaring lion right with two lines projecting from forehead. Reverse:
Incuse punch.
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Lydian Kings
Electrum Trite (Third Stater). (4.76 g), ca. 620/10-564/3 BC
Alyattes, King of Lydia, ca. 620/10-564/3 BC
Weidauer 91-2; SNG von Aulock 8204; Dewing 2420. Extremely Fine.
Sardes. Confronted lion heads; Lydian inscription WALWET between. Reverse: Two incuse sqaure
punches.
An unusually large flan with both lion heads visible.