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CCE Signature Sale 3054 7-8 April 2017
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IONIA. Uncertain city (Teos?). Ca. 625-550 BC. EL 12th stater or hemihecte (7mm, 1.15 gm). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 5/5. Head of uncertain animal (or griffin?) right, mouth open / Incuse square with rough interior surface. Apparently unrecorded, cf. Bodenstedt Phocaea E1 (griffin head), but likely from Teos.The "beaked" head on the obverse suggests a greatly simplified version of the griffin seen on EL fractions attributed to Phocaea by Bodenstedt, but more probably struck in Teos.
Estimate: 500-700 USD
IONIA. Uncertain city (Teos?). Ca. 625-550 BC. EL 12th stater or hemihecte (7mm, 1.15 gm). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 5/5. Head of uncertain animal (or griffin?) right, mouth open / Incuse square with rough interior surface. Apparently unrecorded, cf. Bodenstedt Phocaea E1 (griffin head), but likely from Teos.The "beaked" head on the obverse suggests a greatly simplified version of the griffin seen on EL fractions attributed to Phocaea by Bodenstedt, but more probably struck in Teos.
Estimate: 500-700 USD