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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Lydia| > |Lydian Kingdom| > SH91787
Lydian Kingdom, Alyattes - Kroisos, c. 620 - 539 B.C.
|Lydian| |Kingdom|, |Lydian| |Kingdom,| |Alyattes| |-| |Kroisos,| |c.| |620| |-| |539| |B.C.|, The knob on the lion's snout is also described as a "wart," and as the radiant Sun.
SH91787. Electrum Trite (1/3 Stater), Weidauer group XVI 86; SNGvA 2868; SNG Cop 449; SNG Lockett 2977; SNG Ash 749; Rosen 655; Boston MFA 1764; BMC Lydia 2, 7, pl. I, 6, aVF, banker's marks, Sardes (Sart, Turkey) mint, weight 4.665g, maximum diameter 12.5mm, c. 620/610-550/539 B.C.; obverse head of roaring lion right, with knob and rays atop snout; reverse irregular divided rectangular incuse; SOLD










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