2176 - Teos (stater griffin/incuse square) over Tanagra (Boeotian shield/forepart of horse) (private coll. = MacDonald 1995, n° 4)
From SILVER
456 - 446THION
Images
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 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. 456 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 446 | 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: 12,08",08" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | 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, "A note on CH VIII No. 47: Ionia 1983", Numismatic Chronicle 155 (1995), p. 321-323 (p. 322, no. 4)., S. Hurter, "Teos over Tanagra", Florilegium Numismaticum: Studia in honorem U. Westermark Edita, Stockholm, 1992, p. 171-3 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
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. 456 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: | BMC 241BMC 24 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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References
- ^ BMC 24
