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KINGS OF LYDIA, temp. Ardys - Alyattes

630-564 BCE

Electrum trite, 4.8 gm, 13.4 mm. Sardes mint.

Obv:  head of roaring lion right, sun with four rays on forehead

Rev:  two incuse square punches

Ref:  Weidauer Group XV, 64; BMC 2

Acquired at ANA World's Fair of Money, Chicago, August 2014