Ionia, Teos. Stater; Ionia, Teos; c. 470/65-449 BC, Stater, 11.98g. Balcer, SNR 1968-102 (dies 102/134, 1 spec.). Obv: [T] - HI - O - N Griffin with curled wings seated r., bunch of grapes on vine below raised l. foreleg. Rx: Incuse square. Apparently only the second recorded specimen of this particular issue of Teos staters, Balcer's Group LIII with symbol grape cluster and leaf. The first specimen, from the same die pair, was formerly in the Niggeler and Jameson Collections and in J. Hirsch Sale XX (1907), and is presumably now in another private collection.Toned. EF
Estimate: $1750