ALYATTES OR WALWET ELECTRUM TRITE – SPECIMEN WITH MULTIPLE COUNTERMARKS – FINE GREEK LYDIA COIN (Inv. 20045)

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20045. LYDIA. ALYATTES OR WALWET, ca. 610–546 BC.
Electrum Trite (1/3 stater), 4.64 g, 12 mm. Uninscribed issue of Sardes.
Obv. Head of roaring lion left, “sun disk” on forehead. Rev. Incuse punch with two sections.
Linzalone LN1090; Weidauer Group XVI, 86–87; Kurth G24–G25.
FINE, an unusual number of small countermarks (or “banker’s marks”) applied on the surface.