Greek, Roman, Byz. Collection
Lot 3230 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Greek, Roman, Byz. Collection
Estimate $1,300
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SOLD $1,800
IONIA, Teos, (470/465-439/5 B.C.), silver didrachm or stater, (11.812 grams), obv. Griffin seated to right with raised foreleg, around T H IO N, grape bunch with leaf below forepaw, rev. incuse square of rough form, (cf.S.4576, Balcer [SNR 1968, Vol.47], No.,102 [A-/P134] = Jameson 1517 same reverse die). Obverse weak in places, otherwise nearly extremely fine and very rare.
Ex Atlantis, Florida, USA, April 1904.
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