CNG 97, Lot: 225. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off IONIA, Chios. Circa 400-380 BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 3.72 g). Sphinx seated left; to left, grape bunch above amphora; uncertain symbol or monogram to right; all set on circular convex field / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Mavrogordato 38–9; cf. SNG von Aulock 2275; HGC 6, 1124. Good VF, toned, minor die rust on obverse.