336, Lot: 102. Estimate $200. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Twenty-fourth Stater (5.5mm, 0.56 g). Sardes mint. Lion’s paw / Incuse punch. Karwiese series I, Type 3 (Ephesos); SNG Kayhan 1016. VF.

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