Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 789. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes II. Late 7th century BC. EL 1/48 stater (0.27 g). Sardes mint. Lion’s paw / Square incuse punch. Karwiese series I, type 1 (Ephesos); SNG Kayhan -. VF. Very rare.

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