Auction Name: 2026 January 12 NYINC World & Ancient Coins Platinum Session and Signature® Auction - New York

Lot Number: 33023

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LYDIAN KINGDOM. Walwet (before ca. 560 BC). EL third-stater or trite (13mm, 4.71 gm). NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 5/5. Lydo-Milesian standard, Sardes (?) mint. WALWET (Lydian), legend between confronted lion heads, the right fully on the flan, radiate sun above eye / 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. Nicely detailed, left facing example.

From The Cambridge Collection.

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