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Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


Coin ID #6812

Teos (BC 520) Stater

ca 520 BC. AR Stater (12.08g). Griffin squatting right, raising one paw / Four-part incuse square. Exceptionally beautiful, sharply struck image of griffin. One of the earliest coins struck at the city. Mint State.

File information
Filename:image00202~1.jpg
City/Mint name:Teos
Keywords:silver / archaic
References:cf. Balcer, SNR 47, 1968, pp. 5-51, group I; SNG von Aulock 2251; Winterthur 3188; J.H. Kagan in Agoranomia. Essays on Money and Exchange Presented to John H. Kroll (New York 2006), pp. 55-57 (contra M. Matzke, JNG 50 (2000), pp. 21-53)
Valuation:Gemini Auc. VI (1/2010), lot 202 ($6,000 + comm)
Photo courtesy of:Gemini, LLC - www.geminiauction.com
Filesize:82 KiB
Date added:Jan 23, 2010
Dimensions:600 x 300 pixels
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