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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Ionia| > |Teos| > GA80829
Teos, Ionia, c. 494 - 450 B.C.
|Teos|, |Teos,| |Ionia,| |c.| |494| |-| |450| |B.C.|, Democritus (460-390 B.C.) was a native of Teos. Only a few fragments of his works have survived. He declared that a single scientific discovery was worth more than being King of Persia. According to Democritus, nothing disappears or changes its form, it always remains the same. But besides being, there is also non-being or empty space. According to Democritus, matter is composed of indivisible, invisible particles distinguished in form, position in space, size and weight. These particles Democritus called "atoms." Democritus thus laid the foundations of a mechanist approach to natural philosophy, but in ancient times his views were to remain undeveloped. His approach to natural philosophy was taken up again only at the beginning of the modern age. He was the first to discover the law of cause and effect.
GA80829. Silver hemiobol, BMC Ionia p. 311, 15, VF, Teos (near Sigacik, Turkey) mint, weight 0.302g, maximum diameter 8.1mm, c. 544 - 494 B.C.; obverse griffin seated right, left forepaw raised, ivy leaf right; reverse quadripartite incuse square; scarce; SOLD











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