185, Lot: 83. Estimate $100. Sold for $148. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off IONIA, Chios. Circa 84-27 BC. Æ 17mm (3.80 g, 11h). Kephisid..., magistrate. Sphinx seated right; grape-bunch before / Amphora. SNG Copenhagen 1625 var. (magistrate). VF, green patina.

From the J. S. Wagner Collection.

The wine of Chios was famed throughout antiquity, and its distinctive amphoras, which feature so prominently on Chian coinage, have been found at ancient sites ranging from England to Egypt.