Lot 58 - Masterpieces of Greek coinage

Asia Minor. Ionia, Teos.  Stater, ...
Asia Minor. Ionia, Teos.  Stater, ...
Asia Minor. Ionia, Teos. Stater, c. 470 BC. (Silver, 11.80g., 23.3mm). Τ-Η-Ι-Ο-Ν Griffin, with open mouth, seated to right on ... Read more - Extremely rare and possibly unique, very well centered and very attractive. Extremely fine.
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Asia Minor. Ionia, Teos.
Stater, c. 470 BC. (Silver, 11.80g., 23.3mm). Τ-Η-Ι-Ο-Ν Griffin, with open mouth, seated to right on ornamental pedestal, his left forepaw raised; to right, ivy leaf / Quadripartite incuse square. Balcer -. Monnaies et Médailles, 1978, 296 (this coin).
Teos (IACP 868) was, in Classical times, thought to be at the center of Ionia. Traditionally thought to have been founded by Minyans from Orchomenos, in 544 BC much of the population left the city after the Persian conquest and sailed off to found Abdera; connections between the two cities remained strong throughout their later history. One obvious link can be seen from their coin types: both used the griffin, to the right on the coins of Teos and to the left on Abdera’s.

Grading/Status: Extremely rare and possibly unique, very well centered and very attractive. Extremely fine.

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Provenance:
The Exceptional Private Collection, Leu 76, 27 October 1999, 176.
Monnaies et Médailles 54, 26 October 1978, 296 (cover coin).
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