Ca. 610-546 BC Lydian Kingdom Alyattes Or Walwet Sixth Stater Or Hecte

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numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11941 Posts	Posted 11/18/2021 12:05 am After being intimidated by Ancients my whole life by the depth of knowledge required in this endeavor, I decided to dip my toe in the water and would like your help as I try to assemble a collection of ancients. My collecting philosophy, like that of many others, is to just collect what I like. What I like is limited by what I know, which isn't much. I just think about my history classes and lessons as I was growing up and seek out those people and places that I grew up learning about. I would appreciate any and all thoughts and advice as I assemble my collection. Started today with some popular basics. LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-546 BC). EL sixth-stater or hecte (10mm, 2.35 gm). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 3/5 countermark. Uninscribed, Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of lion right, mouth open, mane bristling, radiate globule above eye / Two square punches of different size, side by side, with irregular interior surfaces. Weidauer 76-8. Boston 1769. Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21789 Posts	Posted 11/18/2021 01:43 am I have been trying to track down a representative early Greek electrum coin at a reasonable price for quite some time. You beat me to it! - I am somewhat envious. Congratulations! Edited by sel_69l 11/18/2021 01:51 am Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5186 Posts	Posted 11/18/2021 05:28 am Awesome coin! I want to get a Greek electrum coin some day but if/when I do it probably wouldn't be anywhere near that big. I wonder what's going on with the lines in front of the lion. At first glance they look like an inscription, but you're saying this is uninscribed so I don't know? Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 11/18/2021 06:48 am I agree with J1M. The coin is inscribed. Sometimes these are listed with variations of this: "WALWEL (in Lydian [only traces visible])". Here's one with a similar amount of the inscription showing: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8708519 Interesting that - apparently - the obverse die for these fractions was large enough to include confronted lion heads, but that they were struck to show only the left lion, and sometimes a bit of the inscription between the heads. Report this Post to the Staff
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