Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 735. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $605. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes II. Circa 610-560 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.28 g). Sardes mint. Lion’s paw / Square incuse punch. Karwiese series I, type 1, 1 (Ephesos); SNG Kayhan -. VF. Very rare.

See Spier, esp. p. 333 and note 14, for the attribution of Karwiese’s series I coins to Weidauer Group XV.