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Stater
| Issuer | Teos |
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| Year | 478 BC - 465 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Griffin seated right in high relief, its large feathered wings spread upward and finely striated, its leonine body rendered with careful musculature, and its beaked head turned to face the viewer. The creature's forepaw rests upon a wheel or circular object in the lower field, while a small tunny fish appears beneath its raised foreleg, serving as an emblematic symbol of the city of Teos. The Greek ethnic legend ΘHION is disposed around the field in archaic letter forms. A decorative wave or cable pattern borders the lower edge of the design, and the whole composition exhibits the bold, confident style characteristic of early Classical Ionian die-cutting. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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Teos, a prosperous Ionian Greek city on the Aegean coast of Anatolia, came under Persian control following the Ionian Revolt's failure in 494 BC. The city briefly reclaimed autonomy in the aftermath of the Greek victories at Salamis and Plataea, placing this stater squarely within that narrow window of recovered independence before the Delian League reshaped regional power dynamics. Teos was also the birthplace of the lyric poet Anacreon, and the city's coins circulated through a trade network built largely on wine exports.