Triton XIV, Lot: 314. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off IONIA, Chios. Circa 490-435 BC. AR Didrachm (13mm, 7.76 g). Chian standard. Sphinx seated left; to left, grape bunch above amphora; all set on circular convex field / Quadripartite incuse square. Mavrogordato 24; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Kayhan 618; SNG Copenhagen 1544; Traité I 469; BMC 6-11. VF, darkly toned. Well centered and struck for this early issue.

From the N.T. Collection.