Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 4575 SESSION 11 (2PM FRIDAY 27TH NOVEMBER) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $1,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $700
IONIA, Teos, (c. 510-500 B.C,), silver stater (11.92 g). obv. Griffin seated right, raising forepaw, swan before, rev. Quadripartite incuse square, (S.3512, Balcer group V [dies obverse A13 die, reverse P19 die], SNG Copenhagen 1437). Good very fine and rare.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 98 (lot 5119).
A member city of the Ionian Dodekapolis, Teos was a thriving seaport with two fine harbours. It was the birthplace of Anacreon the poet, Hecateus the historian, Protagoras the sophist, Scythinus the poet, Andron the geographer, and Apellicon, the preserver of the works of Aristotle. When the Persians under Cyrus invaded circa 540 BC, many Teians fled, resettling in Abdera. The griffin was the badge of the city of Teos, and is present on the coins of both cities.
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