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Stater
| Issuer | Teos |
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| Year | 470 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A griffin seated to right upon a ground line above an egg-and-dart frieze, depicted with open jaws, raised left foreleg, and prominent wing. The creature's powerful leonine haunches and aquiline head are rendered in the archaic Ionian style characteristic of early fifth-century BC Tean coinage. A grain kernel appears in the right field. The ethnic inscription ΤΗΙΟΝ is distributed around the type, identifying the issuing city of Teos. |
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| Reverse description | A quadripartite incuse square formed by two deeply impressed intersecting grooves dividing the field into four recessed compartments, characteristic of early archaic Greek hammered coinage. The incuse is boldly struck and well-centred, with each quadrant showing a rough, undecorated sunken surface. The design reflects the standard reverse type employed on Tean staters of the early Classical period, serving primarily as a functional anvil impression rather than a pictorial device. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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