2176 - Teos (stater griffin/incuse square) over Tanagra (Boeotian shield/forepart of horse) (private coll. = MacDonald 1995, n° 4)

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2176

478 BCE - 446 BCETHION

Images

Overstriking coin

Teos_over_Tanagra.png

Overstruck variety

Tanagra_2.jpg [1]

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Private collection	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, head of Apollo 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.. 446 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: 12.0812.08 g <br />12,080 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater
		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

MacDonald 1995, n° 4, p.322, Hurter 1992, n°3, p.171

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

MacDonald 19951MacDonald 1995, n° 4, p.322, Hurter 19922Hurter 1992, n°3, p.171

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Boeotian shield, rim divided into twelve compartments.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΤΑ (Greek) A forepart of horse all within incuse square

Mint and issuing power

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

Tanagra

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Beotia

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. 457 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 448 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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	BMC Central Greece3BMC Central Greece, p. 61-62, n° 24
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/tanagra.babelon 1907.1371

Additional data

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

References

^ McDonald, David (1995), "A note on CH VIII No. 47: Ionia 1983", Numismatic Chronicle 155, p. 321-323, pl. 50, n° 3.
^ Hurter, Silvia (1992), "Teos over Tanagra", in Harald Nilsson (ed.), Florilegium numismaticum. Studia in honorem U. Westermark edita, Numismatiska meddelanden, Stockholm, 38, p. 171-173.
^ Head, Barclay Vincent, Poole, Reginald Stuart (1884), British Museum. Catalogue of the Greek coins : Central Greece (Locris, Phocis, Boetia and Euboea), London, lxix, 158 p., 24 pl.

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+|Date from=478 BCE
-|Date to=446
+|Date to=446 BCE
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 |Overstruck ancient region=Beotia
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+|Overstruck date to=448 BCE
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