2225 - Teos (AE griffin/lyre) over Ephesus (Apollo/bee) (Kinns 2003)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 2225

300 BCE - 200 BCE | THI

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Traces of the overstruck variety

Location/history

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

Griffin seated right, forepaw raised

Reverse:

THI (Greek) Lyra

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Teos

Ancient region

Ionia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Chronology

From 300 BCE to 200 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Bronze	Weight in grams: 1.281.28 g <br />1,280 mg <br />
Diameter: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />

References

Coin reference:		Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Kinns 1980, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Kinns 2003, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Ashton - Kinns 2003
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/teos kinns 1980 i.1.ae.2

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

Head of Apollo left.

Reverse:

Bee (visible on reverse)

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Ephesus

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Ionia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority ^ᵖ:

Chronology

From 330 BCE to 200 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

References

Coin type reference ^ᵖ:
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/ephesus kinns holt 2023.ii.ae.iv

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidence:	sure
Remarks:

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^ Kinns, Philip (1980), Studies in the coinage of Ionia: Erythrae, Teos, Lebedus, Colophon, c. 400-30 B.C., unpublished PhD thesis, Cambridge University.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