IONIA, Teos. Circa 500-450 BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.19 g). Head of griffin right / Quadripartite incuse square. Matzke Group Ca3; Balcer Group XXXIII; SNG Copenhagen –. Old collection tone, some granularity. Good VF.
From the J. de Wilde Collection. Ex Nomos 9 (21 October 2014), lot 158. Reportedly ex RRG Collection, acquired prior to 1978.
In the Nomos sale Alan Walker commented - "A wonderful miniature 'portrait' of one of the favorite mythical beasts of the Greeks".