311, Lot: 771. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 610-560 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-Fourth Stater (7mm, 0.57 g). Lion's paw / Incuse punch. Karwiese Series I, Type 3 (Ephesos); Weidauer –; SNG Kayhan 1016. Near VF, toned.

From the Daniel Koppersmith Collection.

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