2759 - Teos (stater griffin/incuse square) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (MacDonald coll., 125)
From SILVER
445 - 435THION
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Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | D. MacDonald collection | Archaeological contextArchaeological context: | CH VIII, 47 (Ionia, 1983) |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | THION 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. 445 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 435 | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | 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.: didrachm 
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| StandardStandard.: Aeginetic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, no. 125., D. MacDonald, "A note on CH VIII No. 47: Ionia 1983", Numismatic Chronicle 155 (1995), p. 321-323 (p. 321, no. 1).Mattingly, "New light", p. 5-10 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: |
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 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | stater
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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