2398 - Teos (stater griffin/incuse square) over Abdera (Griffin/incuse square) (MacDonald coll., 124)
From SILVER
520 BCE - 460 BCE
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Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | D. MacDonald collection, n° 124 | Archaeological contextArchaeological context: | CH VIII, 47 (Ionia, 1983) |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Griffin seated right. To lower right, bunch of grapes and grape leaf. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Quadripartite incuse square |
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. 520 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 460 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.7511.75 g <br />11,750 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm
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| StandardStandard.: Aeginetic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | MacDonald 1994a, MacDonald 1995, n° 5, pl. 50, n° 3, MacDonald 2009, n° 124 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Balcer 19681Balcer 1968, MacDonald 1994a2MacDonald 1994a, MacDonald 19953MacDonald 1995, n° 5, pl. 50, n° 3, MacDonald 20094MacDonald 2009, n° 124 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Griffin left, both front paws raised. Below, ΗΓΗ. No field symbol evident (visible on obverse: rear of griffin, tail, hind legs, feet, bottom of body line, front paws and tops of magistrate's name in field, traces of griffin's head in field, considerable remnants of wing). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Incuse square pattern (visible on reverse) |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Abdera | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Thrace | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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. 475 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 450 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetradrachm
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | May 19665May 1966, Group XXXVI, n° 72-73, HGC 3.26HGC 3.2, 1131 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
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References
- ^ Balcer, Jack M. (1968), "The early silver coinage of Teos", Revue Suisse de Numismatique 47, p. 5-50.
- ^ MacDonald, David (1994), "A Teos/Abdera overstrike", Schweizerische Münzblätter, 44 (174), p. 37-40.
- ^ McDonald, David (1995), "A note on CH VIII No. 47: Ionia 1983", Numismatic Chronicle 155, p. 321-323, pl. 50, n° 3.
- ^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
- ^ May, John M F. (1966), The coinage of Abdera (540-345 B.C.), RNS Spec. Publ. 3, London, 268 p., 24 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
