Watch List notes:

IONIA. Teos. Circa 460-420 BC. Stater (Silver, 21 mm, 12.00 g). THIO[N] Griffin, with open jaws and two curved tendrils falling down his neck, seated to right, his left forepaw raised; to right, head of an African to right. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Aufhäuser 4 (1987), 115 (same obverse die). Balcer -. Künker 97 (2005), 753-4 (same obverse die). SNG Copenhagen -. Lightly toned and of fine Classical style. Struck from a slightly worn obverse die and with minor deposits on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.


From the collection of Dr. P. Vogl, ex Aufhäuser 6, 5 October 1989, 155.