25338 - Teos (stater griffin/incuse square) over uncertain type (Nomos, obolos 23, June 2022, 457)
From SILVER
520 BCE - 460 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
Teos_over_uncertain_mint_Nomos_457.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Nomos, Obolos 23, 12 June 2022, 457 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Griffin with open jaws and his left foreleg raised, seated to right on ground line. | 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: 11.8811.88 g <br />11,880 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Aeginetic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | SNG Von Aulock Ionien 1960, n° 2251 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Von Aulock Ionien 19601SNG Von Aulock Ionien 1960, n° 2251, Balcer 19682Balcer 1968, Period I, 5, MacDonald 1994a3MacDonald 1994a, MacDonald 19954MacDonald 1995, n° 5, pl. 50, n° 3, MacDonald 20095MacDonald 2009, n° 124 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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References
- ^ SNG Von Aulock Ionien 1960
- ^ 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.
