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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 605 | Auction date: 4 March 2026 |
| Lot number: 234 Price realized: 750 USD (Approx. 644 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: KINGS of LYDIA. Walwetes (Alyattes) II (Ardys). Early 640s-circa 620s BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (11mm, 2.36 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, "sun" with no rays on forehead; [WALW (in Lydian) downward on right, read from outside-in] / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XVII, 103–10; Kurth G18; SNG Ashmolean 755 corr. (legend not noted). Hairlines, struck with worn obverse die, flan flaw on reverse. Near VF. For the reattribution of the WALWET-signed coinage from Walwetes (Alyattes) III, father of Kroisos, to Walwetes (Alyattes) II (Ardys), son of Gyges, see W. Fischer-Bossert, "43. FALFET and KVKALEM" in: J. Bodzek, A. Bursche, and A. Zapolska, eds. Proceedings of the XVI International Numismatic Congress, 11-16.09.2022, Warsaw, Vol. I: Greek Numismatics (Turnhout, 2025). Estimate: 500 USD |  |
