KINGS OF LYDIA. Alyattes II, circa 610-560 BC. Fourrée Trite or 1/3 Stater (Fourrée Electrum, 12.41 mm, 3.53 g). Sardes. Head of a roaring lion to left [with sun and rays on its forehead; to left, 'walwel' (in Lydian)]. Rev. Two incuse squares. Cf. Weidauer Group XVII, 93-4 and 96. Nearly Very Fine. Ancient forgery of a Lydian trite, the weight does not correspond to the lydo milesian standard which should be about 4.60 g for the denomination of a third stater. gr. 3,53

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KINGS OF LYDIA. Alyattes II, circa 610-560 BC. Fourrée Trite or 1/3 Stater (Fourrée Electrum, 12.41 mm, 3.53 g). Sardes. Head of a roaring lion to left [with sun and rays on its forehead; to left, 'walwel' (in Lydian)]. Rev. Two incuse squares. Cf. Weidauer Group XVII, 93-4 and 96. Nearly Very Fine. Ancient forgery of a Lydian trite, the weight does not correspond to the lydo milesian standard which should be about 4.60 g for the denomination of a third stater. gr. 3,53

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