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ID:     74000328
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Greek
Region:     LYDIA
City:     Sardes
Date Ruled:     ca. 650-550 BC
Metal:     Electrum
Denomination:     EL Hekte 1/6 Stater
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     ca. 650-550 BC
Weight:     2.39 g
Obverse Description:     Lion lying left within rectangular frame
Reverse Description:     Double incuse punches, one with stellate pattern, the other with a bird left (eagle?)
Primary Reference:     Weidauer 128 (same die and punches)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=96741
Grade:     Near EF
Notes:     Sale: Triton X, Lot: 328 Well struck Same stellate punch, and similar bird punch, as Triton VI, 400. These punches link these two coins to a series of tritai and hektai with a variety of obverse types: a forepart of a lion, lion’s head, two boars’ heads confronted, or a single boar’s head (see Spier, pp. 331-3). Some of these issues are inscribed with a partial legend in letters of recognizably Lydian form. Spier noted the strong similarity of the fabric and style of this boar & lion series, as well as the form of their inscriptions, to the royal lion series issued at Sardes (Weidauer groups XV, XVII, and XVIII). Other similarities he noted between the two series include the use of lion iconography and the occurrence of both series in a number of the same finds. Accordingly, Spier identified the boar & lion series as Lydian, but was hesitant to place them at Sardes due to a lack of any die links with the royal series.