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Drachm
| Issuer | Teos |
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| Year | 540 BC - 478 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Griffin seated to right in high relief, the body rendered with finely beaded feathering across the breast and haunches, prominent swept-back wings with incised feather striations fanning upward to the left. The creature raises its left forepaw with a vigorous, dynamic gesture, its long serpentine tail curling behind, and its open beak directed upward. The powerful leonine hindquarters and taloned feet are rendered with considerable sculptural depth against an unadorned, slightly granular field, reflecting the archaic Ionian style characteristic of Tean coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Deep quadripartite incuse square of irregular form, divided by raised ridges into four recessed compartments of unequal size, typical of early archaic Greek hammered coinage where the reverse punch served purely as a mechanical device to drive the blank against the obverse die. The incuse is notably deep and irregular at the intersections, consistent with hand-struck production of the late sixth to early fifth century BC. No legend or subsidiary device is present. |
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| Mintage | ND (540 BC - 478 BC) |
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