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Superb Quality Teos Silver Stater
204
Ionia, Teos. Silver Stater (11.78 g), struck ca. 470-449 BC.
T HIO N
(
N
retrograde). Griffin seated right
on “leaf and tongue” exergual line, wings raised, left forepaw lifted over panther head. Rev. Quadripartite
incuse square. (Balcer, SNR 47, 103, A. 103/P.135; BMC 19 var. Delicately toned, unusually well centered
and boldly struck. NGC graded Ch AU, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 5/5.
$2,000
Ex: Hunter Collection, Goldberg’s Sale 72, lot 4078.
205
Ionia, Teos. Silver Stater (11.98 g), ca. 450-425 BC. Griffin seated right, raising forepaw; below foreleg,
grape bunch and leaf. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Matzke grp. Cb1; Balcer grp. LIII, 102 (dies
A102/P134); Jameson 1517 (same dies). Untoned with an area of horn silver residue on the reverse. Ex-
tremely Fine.
$1,000
From the Dionysus Collection.