Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1311. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL 1/6 Stater – Hekte (2.34 g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Griffin standing left / Rough incuse square punch. Cf. Triton VI, lot 389 = Rosen Collection 18; otherwise unpublished. VF.

While a wide variety of mints in the region employed the griffin as a type, none depict the creature standing on all four legs as here.