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Stater
| Issuer | Teos |
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| Year | 470 BC - 449 BC |
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| Value | Silver Stater (2) |
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| Obverse description | Griffin seated right in high relief, displaying prominently spread and finely striated wings curled at the tips, with its right forepaw raised; the creature's leonine hindquarters and tail are rendered with careful naturalistic detail. A small owl stands to the right in the field, facing right, serving as a secondary device. The composition is set within a slightly irregular circular flan typical of early Ionian coinage, with the griffin occupying the majority of the die surface in a bold, archaic artistic style. |
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| Reverse description | Deep quadripartite incuse square divided by raised ridges into four recessed compartments of roughly equal size, each exhibiting a granular, irregular surface texture characteristic of early hammered coinage. The square incuse fills the reverse die almost entirely, surrounded by a narrow plain border, reflecting the early archaic punch technique employed by Ionian mints of the fifth century BC. |
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| Mintage | ND (470 BC - 449 BC) |
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