2258 - Teos (stater griffin/incuse square) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (British Museum coll. 1988,0605.1)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 25175

478 BCE - 465 BCEΤΗΙΟΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	British Museum coll., n° 1988,0605.1

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΤΗΙΟΝ (Greek) Griffin seated right, a forepaw raised. To lower 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. 478 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 465 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.9411.94 g <br />11,940 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2626 mm <br />2.6 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	British Museum coll. n° 1988,0605.1	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Balcer 19681Balcer 1968, MacDonald 19952MacDonald 1995, MacDonald 20093MacDonald 2009
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/teos balcer 1968 ii.xxxv-lxxiii

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Turtle (visible on obverse)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Incuse square (visible on reverse)

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. 470 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.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	HGC 64HGC 6, n° 429, Meadows (forthcoming)5Meadows (forthcoming), Groups IIa-IIb
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aegina.meadows askari.2a-c

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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