139, Lot: 98. Estimate $75.
Sold for $74. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLANDS off IONIA, Chios. Circa 84-27 BC. Æ 17mm (4.24 g). Sphinx seated right / Amphora. SNG von Aulock -; cf. SNG Copenhagen 1635ff. Near VF, green patina.
From the Tony Hardy Collection.
The wine of Chios was famed throughout antiquity, and its distinctive amphoras, which feature so prominently on Chian coinage, have been found at ancient sites ranging from England to Egypt.
