311, Lot: 772. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 610-560 BC. Fourrée Ninety-sixth Stater (4mm, 0.19 g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Lion’s paw / Incuse punch. For prototype, cf. Karwiese Series I, Type 6 (Ephesos); cf. SNG von Aulock 1800. 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).