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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2834860, member: 56859&quot;]Nice coin and of course another fabulous D-Ray graphic! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My oldest coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_d6bcd43a7ea240d0bea94dfa7f215c91%257Emv2.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_625%252Cal_c%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_d6bcd43a7ea240d0bea94dfa7f215c91%257Emv2.jpg%26hash%3D13aeeb67753c1a66b76a9f743d5b210d&amp;hash=e8644cbd37f9b988c75c06388533f683" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>KINGS OF LYDIA, temp. Ardys - Alyattes</b></p><p>c. 630s-564/53 BCE&nbsp; (dates from a CNG listing of a similar coin*; I do not have the reference books nor have I read the latest thoughts)</p><p>Electrum trite, 4.8 gm, 13.4 mm. Sardes mint.</p><p>Obv: head of roaring lion right, sun with four rays on forehead</p><p>Rev: two incuse square punches</p><p>Ref: Weidauer Group XV, 64; BMC 2</p><p><br /></p><p>* &quot;Recent research (mostly forthcoming in publication, but cf. White Gold p. 20) has shown that the earliest Lydian electrum had begun before circa 630 BC, predating our traditional attribution to Alyattes. This redating affects Weidauer Groups XV, XVII, and XVIII, as well as the lion paw fractions and boar head coins that Spier linked to the early Lydian coinage (see the following lot).&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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