Magnesia (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm131 viewsca 160-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.89g). Erasippos (son of) Aristeos, "magistrate." Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, resting on tripod; ΕΡΑΣΙΠΠΟΣ ΑΡΙΣΤΕΟΥ to left, ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ to right, maeander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. EF, toned.
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Teos (BC 530-500) Hemidrachm111 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (3.35g). Forepart of griffin right, forepaw raised / Quadripartite incuse square. Minor corrosion, VF. rare.
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Teos (BC 320-294) Diobol94 viewsca 320-294 BC. AR Reduced Rhodian Diobol (0.93g). Griffin seated right, left forepaw raised / Chelys; ΔΙΟΥΧΕΣ (magistrate) to left. aEF.
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Teos (BC 250-150) AE 13130 views3rd-2nd cent BC. AE13 (1.80g). Griffin sitting right, left paw extended, in dotted circle / Bunch of grapes on vine, ΜΟΣ-ΙΩΝ (magistrate) in fields. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Teos (BC 470-449) Stater109 viewsca 470-449 BC. AR Stater (11.60g). Griffin with curled wings seated right, left forepaw raised; club to right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare.
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Teos (BC 530-500) Hemidrachm71 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (3.26g). Forepart of griffin right, left forepaw raised / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.
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Teos (BC 530-478) Hemidrachm80 viewsca 530-478 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.91g). Griffin sitting right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Ex Lanz Auc. 22 (Muenchen 1982), lot 379.
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Teos (BC 530-478) Hemidrachm75 viewsca 530-478 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.94g). Griffin sitting right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.
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Teos (BC 478-449) Stater81 viewsca 478-449 BC. AR Stater (11.80g). Griffin with curved wings sitting right, crab to right, within dotted circle / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.
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Teos (BC 300) Triobol76 viewsca 300 BC. AR Triobol (1.38g). Griffin springing right / Kantharos, THI above, ΗΡΟΔ-ΟΤΟΣ (magistrate); in fields: monogram to left, lyre to right. VF.
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Teos (BC 478-449) Obol89 viewsca 478-449 BC. AR Obol (1.12g). Griffin sitting right, apple below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.
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Teos (BC 394-300) Triobol83 viewsca 394-300 BC. AR Triobol (1.47g). Diogenes, Magistrate. Griffin sitting right / Kantharos, THI above, ΔΙΟΓΕ-ΝΗΣ around. VF/EF.
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Teos (BC 320-294) Diobol75 viewsca 320-294 BC. AR Diobol (0.95g, 10mm), reduced Rhodian standard. Griffin seated right, left forepaw raised / Chelys, [...]MΕΝΤΩ[...] (magistrate) to left. Toned, EF.
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Teos (BC 478-465) Stater96 viewsca 478-465 BC. AR Stater (11.91g, 23mm). Griffin with curled wings seated right, left forepaw raised; facing panther's head to right, T-H-I-Ω-N around, within linear circle / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF. Ex Leu Sale 45 (1988), lot 221.
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Teos (AD 253-268) AE 31 - Gallienus89 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE31 (10.9g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Dionysus standing left. A nice and rare large bronze. Ex Manfra Tordella and Brookes 1969.
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Teos (BC 470-420) Tetartemorion5 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.19g). Griffin's head right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, light porosity.
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Teos (AD 255-256) AE 22 - Valerian II. Caesar88 viewsValerian II, Caesar, 255-256 AD. AE22 (4.66g). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Anacreon standing right, playing lyre held on knee. VF, olive green patina. Drewry Coll.; Ex Mabbott Coll., Schulman (6/1969), lot 1644.
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Teos (BC 370-340) Hemidrachm106 viewsca 370-340 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.40g). Diogenes, magistrate. Griffin seated right, left paw raised / Kantharos. VF, nice metal.
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Teos (BC 470-449) Stater77 viewsca 470-449 BC. AR Stater (11.84g). Griffin seated right on ground line, left foreleg raised, duck to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Choice very fine.
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Teos (BC 204-190) Diobol15 viewsca 204-190 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.78g). Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy-wreath / Grape bunch. Unpublished. Good VF, darkly toned, light marks. Extremely rare.
This coin appears to be from the same issue as Kinns’ Period III hemidrachms of Teos (See P. Kinns, Studies in the coinage of Ionia: Erythrae, Teos, Lebedus, Colophon, c. 400-30 BC).
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Teos (BC 27-AD 14) Augustus - AE 1970 viewsAugustus. 27 BC-14 AD. AE19 (5.10g, 1h). Bare head right within tetrastyle temple / Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos and filleted thyrsos. Near VF, green patina, flan flaw. Ex Villemur Coll.
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Teos (BC 320-294) Diobol15 viewsca 320-294 BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 1.03g, 12h). Mentor-, magistrate. Griffin seated right, forepaw raised / Lyre. VF.
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Teos (BC 500-460) Hemiobol?0 viewsca 500-460 BC. AR Hemiobol (?) (7mm, 0.40g). Griffin seated right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, find patina. Alighieri Coll.
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Teos (BC 478-465) Tetartemorion2 viewsca 475-465 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.28g). Griffin seated right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned. Alighieri Coll.
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Teos (BC 470-420) Tetartemorion3 viewsca 460-420 BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.23g). Griffin's head right / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, toned, minor porosity.
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Teos (BC 425-400) Stater60 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (11.76g, 21mm). [THI]ON, griffin with curled wings seated right, forepaw raised; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Rare, very fine.
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Teos (BC 478-449) Tetartemorion0 viewsca 478-449 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.29g). Griffin seated right / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF.
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Teos (BC 478-465) Stater74 viewsca 478-465 BC. AR Stater (11.74g, 21mm). Griffin with curled wings seated right, forepaw raised; club before / Quadripartite incuse square. Surfaces a bit rough, very fine.
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Teos (BC 478-465) Stater64 viewsca 478–465 BC. AR Stater (11.76g, 24mm). T-H-[I-O-N], winged griffin seated right, left leg raised, in front, seal swimming downward / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned very fine.
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Teos (BC 510-490) Trihemiobol73 viewsca 530-490 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.36g). Griffin with curled wings seated right, forepaw raised / Quadripartite incuse square. Darkly toned, near EF.
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Teos (BC 478-465) Stater78 viewsca 478-465 BC. AR Stater (12.02g). Griffin with curled wings seated right, forepaw raised; forepart of a lion in front / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF. Unpublished obverse symbol. The reverse die is shared with Balcer 84, a stater with a grain ear symbol on the obverse.
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Teos (BC 300) Didrachm138 viewsca 300 BC. AR Didrachm (5.99g). Griffin seated right / Anakreon seated right, plucking a lyre; magistrate [ΠΡ]ΟΚΛΕΙΔΗΣ. Unpublished types. Nicely toned, good VF, strike a bit uneven on the obverse. Unique.
This is the second known example of an Anakreon didrachm, the first being a coin that turned up last year with the magistrate's name Aristonax. The magistrate Prokleides also appears on a drachm that shares its obverse die with an Aristonax drachm (see CNG Auction 55, lot 519). Anakreon (fl. late 6th Century BC) was a lyric poet who was a native of Teos. This issue marks his first appearance on a coin, and in fact this is probably the first appearance of any poet on a coin. Anakreon continued to appear on coins from Teos down through Roman times.
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Teos (BC 530-478) Drachm79 viewsca 530-478 BC. AR Drachm (5.76g). Griffin with curled wings seated right, forepaw raised / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Toned, good VF, light porosity.
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Teos (BC 375) Drachm196 viewsca 375 BC. AR Drachm (3.56g). Griffin seated right, left paw raised / Granulated incuse square with broad bands dividing it into 4 sections; ΤΗΙΩΝ on 1 band, ΑΓΝΩΝ (magistrate) on other. Attractively toned EF, choice flan. Rare. Ex R. Jameson Collection, 1518.
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Teos (BC 300) Hemidrachm89 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.42g). Griffin with pointed wings springing right / Kantharos; THI above, ΙΦΙΚΡ−ΑΤΗΣ (magistrate). Good VF.
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Teos (BC 2nd cent) Triobol82 viewsca mid 2nd cent BC. AR Triobol (1.85g). Laureate head of Dionysos right; thyrsos behind / Lyre, ΤΗΙ-ΩΝ. VF. Rare.
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Teos (BC 450-400) Stater75 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Stater (11.75g). Griffin with curled wings seated right, left forepaw raised; forepart of Pegasos to right, within dotted circle / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, VF. Rare symbol.
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Teos (BC 470-420) Hemitetartemorion2 viewsca 475-450 BC. AR Hemitetartemorion (?) (0.11g, 5mm). Head of griffin right / Quadripartite incuse square. Very fine.
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Teos (BC 475-450) Hemiobol57 viewsca 475-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g, 9mm). Griffin seated right, left forepaw raised / Quadripartite square incuse. Extremely fine.
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Teos (BC 530-478) Drachm63 viewsca 530-478 BC. AR Drachm (5.92g). Griffin with curled wings seated right / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Toned, good VF, well centered.
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Teos (BC 530-478) Tetartemorion78 viewsca 530-478 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.25g). Griffin head left / Quadripartite incuse square with central pellet. Good VF.
The griffin on the coins of Teos usually faces right, but there are left-facing griffin fractions that probably also belong to the early coinage of that city. The reverse, with its central pellet, reflects the style of the neighboring city of Kolophon.
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Teos (BC 478-465) Stater63 viewsca 478-465 BC. AR Stater (11.69g). Griffin with curled wings seated right, left forepaw raised; olive leaf to right, T-H-I-Ω-N around, within linear circle / Quadripartite incuse square. Nice VF.
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Teos (BC 375-350) Diobol69 viewsca 375-350 BC. AR Diobol (0.99g, 11mm). Athenagores, magistrate. Griffin seated right, left forepaw raised / THI/ AΘHNAΓO/ PHΣ, chelys. Nice very fine.
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Teos (BC 530-478) Drachm55 viewsca 530-478 BC. AR Drachm (5.85g). Griffin with curled wings seated right, left forepaw raised / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, near EF, minor roughness and some heavy patina on the reverse.
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Teos (BC 470-449) Stater70 viewsca 470-449 BC. AR Stater (11.75g). Griffin with curled, segmented wings seated right, forepaw raised; club to right, within dotted circle / Quadripartite incuse square divided by central cross, quarters containing pellets. Near EF, good metal for issue. Rare.
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Teos (BC 470-449) Stater73 viewsca 470/65-449 BC. AR Stater (12.03g). Griffin with curled wings seated right, forepaw raised; owl to right / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, lightly toned, die break in obverse field, small split on edge. Well centered and attractive, finer than the four specimens cited by Balcer.
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Teos (BC 510-490) Stater62 viewsca 510/05-495/90 BC. AR Stater (11.97g). Griffin seated right, forepaw raised; swan to lower right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF.
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Teos (BC 530-500) Trihemiobol19 viewsAfter 530 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.39g). Forepart of winged griffin right / Rough incuse square. Good VF. Unpublished in the standard references, possibly unique.
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Teos (AD 54-68) AE 18 - Nero67 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE18 (4.66g, 12h). Draped bust of Octavia right / Bare head of Nero right within distyle temple; clipeus (?) in pediment. VF, green patina with traces of dusty earthen overtones. Very rare. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Teos (BC 475-450) Hemitetartemorion1 viewsca 540-500 BC. AR Hemitetartemorion (0.08g, 5mm). Forepart of winged griffin right with raised left foreleg / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished (?). Extremely tiny. Very fine.
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Teos (BC 320- 294) Diobol66 viewsca 320- 294 BC. AR Diobol (0.97g), reduced Rhodian standard. Griffin seated right, left forepaw raised / Chelys, THI above, MΕΝΤΩ[P] (magistrate) to right. Lightly toned, extremely fine.
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Teos (BC 475-450) Tetartemorion61 viewsca 530-500 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.16g). Forepart of griffin right, forepaw raised / Quadripartite incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Good very fine.
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Teos (BC 320-294) Diobol65 viewsca 320-294 BC. AR Reduced Rhodian Diobol (0.80g). Griffin seated right, left forepaw raised / Chelys; ΔΙΟΥΧΕΣ (magistrate) to left. Toned GVF.
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Teos (BC 320-294) Diobol69 viewsca 320-294 BC. AR Reduced Rhodian Dibol (0.83g). Winged griffin seated right / Chelys, ΤΗΙ above; [Α]ΛΥΠΙΩ[N] (magistrate) to right. Irregular flan, very fine.
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Teos (BC 350) Tetartemorion67 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.25g). Griffin right / Astragalos within incuse square. Good very fine.
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Teos (BC 2nd cent) Triobol72 viewsmid 2nd cent. BC. AR Triobol (1.69g, 12h). Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath, thrysos behind shoulder / Lyre with four strings; monogram to left. Very rare. Extremely fine.
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Teos (BC 520) Stater24 viewsca 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.
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Teos (BC 530-500) Hemidrachm74 viewsca 510 BC. AR Hemidrachm (3.50g). Protome of a winged griffin right, forelegs extended with talons outstretched / Irregular incuse square. Extremely rare. Toned, EF.
From the collections of H.S. von Aulock and R. Jameson. This is a most enigmatic coin, possibly even unpublished. While it was attributed to Teos in von Aulock, Jameson pointed out that griffin protomes were not used there (but cf. coin #557); Balcer excluded it from his corpus (without comment). It could have been minted in Phokaia, as Babelon pointed out in his commentary on a very similar drachm (Traite'), especially since griffin protomes were used on later issues at Phokaia.
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Teos (BC 350) Tetartemorion96 viewsca 4th cent. BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.26g). Griffin with pointed wings sitting right / Astragalos within incuse square. Good very fine.
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Teos (AD 100-300) AE 2051 viewsQuasi-autonomous, struck 2nd-3rd century AD under magistrate Anak., known from Lebedos. AE20 (4.31g). Bearded bust of Dionysos right; tripod before, entwined by dolphin / EΠI EΓ ANAK THIΩN, the poet Anakreon, wearing himation, standing right, holding with both hands lyra set on his knees. Very rare, VF, olive patina. Hoeft coll.
The rev. is also known from Volusian. Anakreon is one of the most famous lyric poets of ancient Greece besides Archilochos, Sappho and Alkaios.
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