Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 819. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 610-560 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.58 g). Sardes mint. Lion’s paw / Incuse square punch. Karwiese series I, group 3 (Ephesos); SNG Kayhan 1016. Good VF.

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