2759 - Teos (stater griffin/incuse square) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (MacDonald coll., 125)
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478 BCE - 435 BCETHION
Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
Traces of the overstruck variety
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File:Teos on Aegina MacDonald 2007, n° 125, 11, 96g (drawing).jpg
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Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | D. MacDonald collection, n° 125 | Archaeological contextArchaeological context: | CH VIII, 47 (Ionia, 1983) |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | THION (Greek) Griffin seated right, a forepaw raised. To lower right, grape bunch with 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. 478 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 435 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: 11.9611.96 g <br />11,960 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater
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| StandardStandard.: Aeginetic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | MacDonald 1995, p. 321, n° 1, MacDonald 2009, n° 125 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Balcer 19681Balcer 1968, MacDonald 19952MacDonald 1995, p. 321, n° 1, MacDonald 20093MacDonald 2009, n° 125 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Sea turtle of T-back type (visible on reverse: entire outline of turtle) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Large skew pattern (visible on obverse: portions of two compartments of skew at bottom) |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Aegina | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Aegina | 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. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 440 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: | stater
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Aeginetic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Meadows (forthcoming)4Meadows (forthcoming) | ||
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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