Important Ancient Coins

GREEK COINAGES, Kings of Lydia, Alyattes II (c. 619-561), electrum Hekte (Sixth-Stater), Sardis, head of roaring lion right, with sunburst on forehead, rev. two incuse squares, 1.66g (Weidauer 76-8; Mitchiner, Ancient Trade and Early Coinage, 2004, 12; SNG Kayhan 1014). Very fine and very rare; although light in weight this example does not appear to be plated £400-450