IONIA. Teos. Late 6th-early 5th century BC. Hemistater or Drachm (Silver, 16 mm, 5.84 g). Griffin seated to right, left forepaw raised. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Balcer 43 (A43/P65). Matzke Group Bc2, 79. SNG Copenhagen 1433. SNG von Aulock 8014. Beautifully toned and of lovely late Archaic style. The reverse slightly granular, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.

From the T. Frisbie Collection, ex Baldwin's 100, 27 September 2016, 250, and from the Prospero Collection, The New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012, 525, ex Sternberg XIII, 17-18 November 1983, 189.