Watch List notes:

KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Ninety-Sixth Stater (3mm, 0.13 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Paw of lion / Incuse punch. Karwiese Series I, Group 1 (Ephesos); Weidauer –; SNG Kayhan –; SNG von Aulock 1805 (Uncertain Ionia, shell); Elektron II 70 (Uncertain Ionia); CNG E-463, lot 100; CNG 94, lot 630. Near VF. Rare denomination.

From the Locksmith Collection.

See Spier, esp. p. 333 and note 14, for the attribution of Karwiese's Series I coins to Weidauer Group XV (Alyattes).