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Ancients: LYDIAN KINGDOM. Croesus (ca. 561-546 BC). AV sixth-stater or hecte (8mm, 1.77 gm). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 5/5. ...
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Rare Heavy AV Hecte
LYDIAN KINGDOM. Croesus (ca. 561-546 BC). AV sixth-stater or hecte (8mm, 1.77 gm). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 5/5. Sardes, heavy standard, ca. 561-550 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion, raring and facing right, and bull, facing left / Two incuse square punches of unequal size, side-by-side. Walburg Group III. Berk 7. Babylon Traité I 400. Very rare in the heavy series! Well centered, with nice mellow surfaces.Ex George & Robert Stevenson Collection of Greek Gold and Electrum (CNG XXVI, 11 June 1993), lot 123.
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