2225 - Teos (AE griffin/lyre) over Ephesus (Apollo/bee) (Kinns 2003)
From SILVER
300 BCE - 200 BCE | THI
Location/history
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Griffin seated right, forepaw raised | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | THI (Greek) Lyra |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Teos | Ancient regionAncient region. | Ionia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 1.281.28 g <br />1,280 mg <br /> | ||
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Kinns 19801Kinns 1980, Kinns 20032Kinns 2003, Ashton - Kinns 20033Ashton - Kinns 2003 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Bee (visible on reverse) |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ephesus | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Ionia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 330 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | |||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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References
- ^ Kinns, Philip (1980), Studies in the coinage of Ionia: Erythrae, Teos, Lebedus, Colophon, c. 400-30 B.C., unpublished PhD thesis, Cambridge University.
- ^ Kinns, Philip (2003), "A Teos on Ephesus overstrike", in Richard Ashton & Philip Kinns, "Opuscula Anatolica II", Numismatic Chronicle 163, p. 26-31, pl. 5.
- ^ Ashton, Richard - Kinns, Philip (2003), "Opuscula Anatolica II. Iv. A Rhodes on Chios overstrike", Numismatic Chronicle, 163, p. 30-31, pl. 5
