KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12.5mm, 4.73 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, "sun" with multiple rays on forehead / Two square punches. Weidauer Group XVI, 86–9; Traité I 44; SNG Ashmolean 749–51; SNG Kayhan 1013; SNG von Aulock 2868–9; Rosen 655-6. Near EF, minor flaw on obverse.
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