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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Ionia| > |Teos| > SH32531
Teos, Ionia, c. 412 - 407 B.C.
|Teos|, |Teos,| |Ionia,| |c.| |412| |-| |407| |B.C.|, Teos was a flourishing seaport until about 540 B.C., when the Persian emperor Cyrus the Great invaded Lydia and Ionia. The town survived but most of the citizens fled to the newly founded colonies of Abdera and Phanagoria. Under the Roman Empire, the town was noted for its wine, a theater and its Temple of Dionysus. The site is now farmland.
SH32531. Silver stater, Balcer A133/P188; BMC Ionia p. 312, 20 = Traité II 1944 (same dies), VF, Teos (near Sigacik, Turkey) mint, weight 11.756g, maximum diameter 21.7mm, c. 412 - 407 B.C.; obverse THION, griffin seated right, left fore-paw raised, bee above; reverse quadripartite incuse square, striated alternately; some flatly struck areas, mottled toning; SOLD











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