Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 429. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Teos. Circa 470/65-449 BC. AR Stater (12.03 gm). Griffin with curled wings seated right, forepaw raised; owl to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Balcer Group LI, 100 (A100/P132); BMC Ionia -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Kayhan -; Pozzi 2518 (same dies). EF, lightly toned, die break in obverse field, small split on edge. Well centered and attractive, finer than the four specimens cited by Balcer. ($1000)