206, Lot: 249. Estimate $100. Sold for $255. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off IONIA, Chios. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Circa 2nd Century AD. Æ Triassaria (32mm, 16.80 g, 6h). Sphinx seated left, left forepaw raised; to left, prow of galley left / Chian amphora within laurel wreath. SNG Copenhagen 1653; SNG von Aulock 2282 var. (Sphinx right). VF, dark brown patina with some light earthen deposits, hard green encrustation on reverse, holed.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.