Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 780. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $3050. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off IONIA, Chios. Circa 380-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.88 g, 3h). Poseidippo(s), magistrate. Sphinx seated left; to left, grape bunch above amphora / Quadripartite incuse square with thick dividing lines, magistrate’s name across horizontal line; horizontal striations in quarters. Mavrogordato 48; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 33. Good VF, slight die rust on obverse. Struck on good metal for issue. Very rare.