Ionia, Teos. Stater

Ionia, Teos; ca. 475-465 BC, Stater, Aeginetic standard, 11.92g. Balcer-100 (A100/P132) = Pozzi-2518 (same dies). Obv: Griffin with open jaws, l. foreleg raised, seated r. on ground line over [egg and dart frieze]; to r., owl standing r., head facing. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. The people of Teos founded the Thracian city of Abdera, which also used a griffin as its coin type; those of Teos face to right (to the East) while their Abderitan cousins are turned to the left (to the West). Ex Nomos 38, May 2026, lot 311; From a European collection acquired from Rauch; Ex Malter XLVII, Feb. 1992, lot 135.. EF