Live auction - bgr_779612 - IONIA - TEOS Hemidrachme
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| Estimate : | 700 € |
| Price : | 640 € |
| Maximum bid : | 800 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 December 2022 14:26:56 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 510-475
Mint name / Town : Téos, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13 mm
Weight : 2,97 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Superbe griffon, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Griffon à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Carré creux .
Historical background
IONIA - TEOS
(4th - 3rd 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. Teos joined the Attico-Delian league in 478 BC. Tributary of Athens, its coinage was suppressed in 449 BC. Teos revolted in 412 BC against the Athenian yoke, recovered its independence and its coinage.
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