Nomos AG, 11 806137. Sold For $14000 THRACE, Abdera. Circa 480-473/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.14 g). Aianti-, magistrate. Griffin seated left, raising forepaws; kylix above, AIANTI below / Quadripartite incuse square. May, Abdera 80 var. (A-/P69; AI not AIANTI); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Lockett 1115 var. (same); Jameson 2456 var. (same); Pozzi 1068 var. (same) (all from the same rev. punch). EF, toned, minor porosity. Exceptional strike and centering. Unpublished and important. Previously, the magistrate for May 80 was identified as simply IA-, as this was the form visible on the known coins. However, the reverse die link and the presence of the same symbol, a kylix, on this coin reveals that the IA should be read retrograde, as AI-. Used with permission of CNG (cngcoins.com), July, 2012