2969 - Teos (stater griffin/incuse square) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (MacDonald coll., 125)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2969

478 BCE - 420 BCETHION

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	MacDonald coll. 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.. 420 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		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater
		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Balcer 1968, Period II, Group LIV, n°102, MacDonald 1995, p. 321, n° 2	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Balcer 19681Balcer 1968, MacDonald 19952MacDonald 1995, p. 321, n° 1, MacDonald 20093MacDonald 2009, n° 125
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

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Windmill sail pattern incuse (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. 525 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

stater

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:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks: