Watch List notes:

Ionia, Teos. Stater; Ionia, Teos; c. 495/490-478 BC, Stater, 12.02g. Balcer, Swiss Num. Review 1968, Group XVI, no. 26 (A26/P45). Obv: Winged griffin crouching r. with l. foreleg raised; below his body, apple; before, cock standing r. (Balcer says "eagle"). Rx: Four-part incuse square with square object covered with pellets in one partition. From the same dies as Ars Classica VII, 1924, lot 1490.This issue rarely comes this well-struck. EF

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