2017 - Teos (AE griffin/cantharus) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 198, Nov. 2008, 101)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2017

85 BCE - 75 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Teos_griffin_kantharos_over_uncertain_type_CNG_101.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 198, 5 Nov. 2008, 101

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Griffin seated right, a forepaw raised. In right field, monogram.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Kantharos. Above, bunch of grapes. All within ivy-wreath.

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. 85 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 75 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 5.485.48 g <br />5,480 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Kinns 1980, n° 154	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG Copenhagen Ionia 31SNG Copenhagen Ionia 3, Kinns 19802Kinns 1980, n° 154
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/teos kinns 1980 iv.ae.18

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:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Good VF, green patina, overstruck on an uncertain earlier issue."