Greek Silver & Bronze
![](http://www.noble.com.au//site/img/dyn/sales/s56/6126a.jpg)
![](http://www.noble.com.au//site/img/dyn/sales/s56/6126b.jpg)
Lot 1872 Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $600
Bid at live.noble.com.au
IONIA, Teos, (520-510 B.C.), silver didrachm, (11.625 grams), obv. Griffin seated to right with raised left foreleg with interesting die break or symbol on right foreleg, rev. incuse square of rough form, (cf.S.3512, cf.Balcer [SNR 1968, Vol.47], Group I No.4, similar dies, Asyut Hoard 624 [this coin], cf.SNG Von Aulock 2251). Nearly very fine, the dies only known from this example, extremely rare.
Ex. Asyut hoard c.1970, No.624 (p.87, Pl.XXIII, this coin illustrated, only five coins of Teos in the Asyut hoard buried c.475 B.C.). The Asyut hoard was one of the most remarkable and most important hoards of ancient Greek coins ever found. Some 900 pieces were traced by the authors Martin Price and Nancy Waggoner and described and illustrated over 32 plates in their book 'Archaic Greek Silver Coinage the `Asyut' Hoard', (London, 1975). The consequence of this find provided a comprehensive view of the Greek Coinage held by a single individual at the time of the hoard's burial c.475 B.C. The analysis of this find and the coins from the 70 mints around the entire Mediterranean (in this book), has had important implications to the arrangement and chronology of archaic Greek coinage. The hoard was found at Asyut in Southern Egypt.
Estimate / sale price does not include buyer's premium (currently 22% including GST) which is added to hammer price. All bids are executed on the understanding that the Terms & Conditions of sale have been read and accepted. For information on grading and estimates please refer to the Buying at Auction advice.
Quick find
View a lot by number and sale.
Adjacent lots
Lot 1870
IONIA, Miletus, c.2nd century B.C., silver tetrobol, (2.55 grams), obv. laureate head of Apollo to ...
Estimate $80
Lot 1871
IONIA, Teos, (520-510 B.C.), silver didrachm, (11.58 grams), obv. Griffin seated to right with raised ...
Estimate $450
Lot 1872 This lot
IONIA, Teos, (520-510 B.C.), silver didrachm, (11.625 grams), obv. Griffin seated to right with raised ...
Estimate $600
Lot 1873
IONIA, Samos, (510-500 B.C.), silver drachm, (2.90 grams), obv. forepart of winged boar to right, ...
Estimate $700
Lot 1874
LYDIA, Tralles, (c.160-150 B.C.), silver cistophoric tetradrachm, (12.70 grams), obv. cista mystica containing serpent, all ...
Estimate $150