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Æ19 - Antoninus Pius ΤΗΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Teos, Ionia (civic mint) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Bare, bearded head of Heracles facing right, depicted in the heroic tradition with pronounced facial features and a muscular neck. The portrait is rendered in a compact, somewhat archaic provincial style typical of Ionian civic bronzes of the Antonine period. No legend is present in the field. |
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| Reverse description | A female griffin stands to the left in profile, with its right fore-paw raised over a cantharus (kantharos) placed before it. The griffin, a civic emblem of Teos, is depicted with outstretched wings and a curved beak, rendered in the compact style characteristic of Ionian provincial coinage. The ethnic legend ΤΗΙΩΝ appears in the field, identifying the issuing city. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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