445, Lot: 169. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Teos. Circa 500-450 BC. AR Stater (20.5mm, 11.96 g). Aeginetic standard. Griffin with curled wings seated right, raising forepaw; grape bunch on vine to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Matzke Series Ca1; Balcer 15; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG von Aulock 2254. Good VF, lightly toned, edge split, slightly off center on obverse, some porosity on reverse.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Ponterio 117 (18 January 2001), lot 307.