KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.38 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Confronted lion heads; [K]UKA[LIṂ] (in Lydian, retrograde) between / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XVIII, 114–5; Kurth G15a; SNG Ashmolean 756. Scrape on obverse. Good VF. Very rare.
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