Triton XXII, Lot: 253. Estimate $10000. Sold for $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Teos. Circa 450-425 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 11.99 g). Griffin seated right, raising left forepaw, on an ornamented ground line; to right, swan standing right / Quadripartite incuse square. Matzke Series Cb1; Balcer Group LII, 101 var. (A101/P– [unlisted rev. die]); SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; Boston MFA 1939 = Warren 1135 (same obv. die). EF, toned. Well centered.

From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Nomos 6 (8 May 2012), lot 92; Leu 81 (16 May 2001), lot 280; Sternberg XVIII (20 November 1986), lot 157.