1937 - Teos (stater griffin/incuse square) over Aegina (tutle/incuse square) (CNG, MBS 79, Sept. 2008, 350)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1937


520 BCE - 478 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
Teos_over_Aegina_CNG_350.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Aegina_will_wing_4_parts.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : CNG, MBS 79, 17 Sep. 2008, 350

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Griffin seated right, a forepaw raised. To lower right, heron standing right. 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.. 478 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.8211.82 g <br />11,820 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater Nomisma.org
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG Copenhagen Ionia 31SNG Copenhagen Ionia 3, Balcer 19682Balcer 1968, MacDonald 19953MacDonald 1995, MacDonald 20094MacDonald 2009
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Turtle (visible on obverse) ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Incuse mill-wing square (visible on reverse)
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Aegina Ancient regionAncient region.  Aegina Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 525 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : stater Nomisma.org StandardStandard. : Aeginetic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : HGC 65HGC 6, n° 429, Meadows (forthcoming)6Meadows (forthcoming), Groups IIa-IIb
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Breitenstein, Niels (1946), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum, 24. Ionia, Part 3. Smyrna - Teos. Islands, Copenhagen, Einar Munksgaard
  2. ^  Balcer, Jack M. (1968), "The early silver coinage of Teos", Revue Suisse de Numismatique 47, p. 5-50.
  3. ^  McDonald, David (1995), "A note on CH VIII No. 47: Ionia 1983", Numismatic Chronicle 155, p. 321-323, pl. 50, n° 3.
  4. ^  Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
  5. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Iionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
  6. ^  Meadows, Andrew (forthcoming), Greek coinage in the Persian Empire: The Malayer 1934 Hoard (IGCH 1790).