Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 795. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Teos. Circa 510-475 BC. AR Stater (11.91 g). Griffin seated right, raising foreleg; grape cluster before / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Balcer group IV (for rev. die, P16), otherwise unpublished. EF. Unpublished with grape cluster symbol alone.

Balcer group VII has a grape cluster paired with a leaf, but the style of the griffin is significantly different.