CNG 84, Lot: 638. Estimate $750. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Teos. Circa 510-475 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 11.86 g). Griffin seated right, raising forepaw; no control marks / Quadripartite incuse square. Balcer group I, dies A-/P17 (unlisted obv. die, P17 not listed in group I); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock 2251. VF, minor die wear. Well centered and struck.

Balcer’s reverse die 17 is only recorded in his group V staters, which have a swan as a subsidiary symbol on their obverse.