v34_0206 - IONIA - TEOS Drachme
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 380.00 €
Estimate : 650.00 €
Realised price : 380.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 507.00 €
Starting price : 380.00 €
Estimate : 650.00 €
Realised price : 380.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 507.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 540-478 AC.
Mint name / Town : Téos, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15 mm
Weight : 5,54 g.
Rarity : R3
Emission: groupe 20
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan légèrement ovale. Beau griffon. Carré creux centré. Patine de collection ancienne. Très bel exemplaire de style archaïque
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Griffon assis à droite, les ailes repliées, levant l'antérieur gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Carré creux quadripartite.
Commentary
Nous n’avons pas pu déterminer avec certitude une liaison de coin satisfaisante pour cet exemplaire.
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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