v26_0082 - IONIA - TEOS Bronze (PB, Æ 12)
MONNAIES 26 (2006)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Bronze (PB, Æ 12)
Date: c. 470/65-449 AC
Mint name / Town : Téos, Ionie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 11,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,46 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Beau petit bronze avec une jolie patine vert olive. Faiblesse de frappe sur la légende au revers
Obverse
Obverse description : Griffon assis à droite, la gueule ouverte et la langue pendante, les ailes repliées, levant l'antérieur gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Lyre.
Reverse legend : THIWN/ [BI]-WN.
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire la lyre a trois cordes contre quatre signalées pour les exemplaires du British Museum.
Historical background
IONIA - TEOS
(6th - 5th century BC)
Teos was a very old city that its inhabitants abandoned in 544 BC, when the Persians invaded Ionia, to go and found Abdera in Thrace. Less than 50 years later, settlers from Abdera refounded the city of Asia Minor, which explains why both cities had griffins on their coins. Teos was renowned for its Ionic order temple built by Hermogenes and dedicated to Dionysus.
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