Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 457. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off IONIA. Chios. Circa 412-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.14 gm, 9h). Skymnos, magistrate. Sphinx seated left, amphora surmounted by grape-bunch before / Quadripartite incuse square, SKUMNOS across horizontal band; vertical striations within each quarter. Baldwin, Chios 95; Pixodarus -; BMC Ionia -; SNG Copenhagen -; Traité II pg. 1134, 1964; SNG von Aulock -. Good VF, heavily toned. ($3000)