2542 - Teos (stater griffin/incuse square) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Auctiones, EA 50, Sept. 2013, 73)

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2542

478 BCE - 465 BCETHION

Images

Overstriking coin

Teos_on_Aegina_Auctiones,_EA_50,_11_Sept._2013,_73.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Aegina 5 parts.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Auctiones, EA 50, 11 Sept. 2013, 73

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

THION (Greek) Griffin seated right, a forepaw raised. To lower right, bunch of grapes 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.. 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).: 2828 mm <br />2.8 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		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.:

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. 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:

stater

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Aeginetic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:
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:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	Teos over very flattened Aigina. Turtle head visible about 2:00 flipper from 3:00 to 4:00 (DMD)

References

^ Balcer, Jack M. (1968), "The early silver coinage of Teos", Revue Suisse de Numismatique 47, p. 5-50.
^ MacDonald, David (1994), "A Teos/Abdera overstrike", Schweizerische Münzblätter, 44 (174), p. 37-40.
^ McDonald, David (1995), "A note on CH VIII No. 47: Ionia 1983", Numismatic Chronicle 155, p. 321-323, pl. 50, n° 3.
^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.

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+|Image overstruck variety=Aegina 5 parts.jpg
+|Sale=Auctiones, EA 50, 11 Sept. 2013, 73
 |Obverse legend=THION
+|Obverse legend language=Greek
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 |Reverse description=Quadripartite incuse square
 |Mint=Teos
 |Ancient region=Ionia
-|Date from=478
+|Date from=478 BCE
-|Date to=465
+|Date to=465 BCE
+|Period=Classical
+|Metal=Silver
 |Weight=11.94
 |Diameter=28
 |Denomination=stater
+|Coin series reference=Balcer 1968; MacDonald 1994a; MacDonald 1995, n° 5, pl. 50, n° 3; MacDonald 2009, n° 124
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 |Overstruck obverse description=Turtle (visible on obverse)
 |Overstruck reverse description=Incuse square (visible on reverse)
 |Overstruck mint=Aegina
 |Overstruck ancient region=Aegina
+|Overstruck date from=475 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=450 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Classical
 |Overstruck denomination=stater
+|Overstruck standard=Aeginetic
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aegina.meadows askari.2a-c
+|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
+|Level of confidence=sure
+|Remarks=Teos over very flattened Aigina.  Turtle head visible about 2:00 flipper from 3:00 to 4:00 (DMD)
 }}