2398 - Teos (stater griffin/incuse square) over Abdera (Griffin/incuse square) (MacDonald coll., 124)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2398

520 BCE - 460 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Teos_Griffin_square_MacDonald.png [1]

Overstruck variety

Abdera_XXXVI.jpg [2]

Traces of the overstruck variety

Teos_on_Abdera_(drawing).jpg

Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	D. MacDonald collection, n° 124	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	CH VIII, 47 (Ionia, 1983)

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Griffin seated right. To lower right, bunch of grapes and grape 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. 520 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 460 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: 11.7511.75 g <br />11,750 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm
		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	MacDonald 1994a, MacDonald 1995, n° 5, pl. 50, n° 3, MacDonald 2009, n° 124	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Balcer 19681Balcer 1968, MacDonald 1994a2MacDonald 1994a, MacDonald 19953MacDonald 1995, n° 5, pl. 50, n° 3, MacDonald 20094MacDonald 2009, n° 124
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.:

Griffin left, both front paws raised. Below, ΗΓΗ. No field symbol evident (visible on obverse: rear of griffin, tail, hind legs, feet, bottom of body line, front paws and tops of magistrate's name in field, traces of griffin's head in field, considerable remnants of wing).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Incuse square pattern (visible on reverse)

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:

Abdera

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Thrace

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. 475 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

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

tetradrachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

May 19665May 1966, Group XXXVI, n° 72-73, HGC 3.26HGC 3.2, 1131

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks: