249, Lot: 149. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 610-560 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (5mm, 0.57 g). Sardes mint. Lion’s paw / Square incuse punch. Karwiese series I, type 3 (Ephesos); SNG Kayhan 1016. VF.
See Spier, esp. p. 333 and note 14, for the attribution of Karwiese’s series I coins to Weidauer Group XV.