2258 - Teos (stater griffin/incuse square) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (British Museum coll. 1988,0605.1)

From SILVER


478 BCE - 465 BCEΤΗΙΟΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Teos_over_Aegina_British_Museum_coll_1988,0605.1.png [1]
Overstruck variety
Aegina 5 parts.jpg
Location/history
Museum collection: British Museum coll., n° 1988,0605.1

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: ΤΗΙΟΝ (Greek) Griffin seated right, a forepaw raised. To lower right, Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Teos Ancient region Ionia Modern country: Turkey Authority:
Chronology
From 478 BCE to 465 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Silver Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 11.9411.94 g <br />11,940 mg <br /> Denomination: stater Nomisma.org
Diameter: 2626 mm <br />2.6 cm <br />
References
Coin reference: British Museum coll. n° 1988,0605.1 Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Balcer 1968, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2MacDonald 1995, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3MacDonald 2009
Coin series web reference:

Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Turtle (visible on obverse) Reverse: Incuse square (visible on reverse)
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Aegina Ancient region ᵖ Aegina Modern country: Greece Authority ᵖ:
Chronology
From 470 BCE to 450 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
References
Coin type reference ᵖ: "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 6, n° 429, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5Meadows (forthcoming), Groups IIa-IIb
Coin series web reference overstruck:

References

  1. ^  Balcer, Jack M. (1968), "The early silver coinage of Teos", Revue Suisse de Numismatique 47, p. 5-50.
  2. ^  McDonald, David (1995), "A note on CH VIII No. 47: Ionia 1983", Numismatic Chronicle 155, p. 321-323, pl. 50, n° 3.
  3. ^  MacDonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
  4. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
  5. ^  Meadows, Andrew (forthcoming), Greek coinage in the Persian Empire: The Malayer 1934 Hoard (IGCH 1790).