Balcer

Balcer, J. "The Early Coinage of Teos." in Schweizerische Numismatische Rundschau (SNR) 47. (1968), pp. 5 - 50.

Available online:

http://dx.doi.org/10.5169/seals-173879 (text)
http://dx.doi.org/10.5169/seals-173883 (plates; but you have to advance to page 152 and then advance further to see the beginning of the plates)

Teos Griffin Head Tetartemoria and Hemitartemoria, c. 540 - 449 B.C.

Struck after the Persian invasion. 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.

All griffin head right / quadrapartite incuse square

Plate V

Balcer Group XXXIII, Tetartemoria, 0.19g - 0.24g, c. 540/500 - 478 B.C.

73. One long ear slightly forward, tongue slanting down / very rough
0.23g

74. Mouth half open, tongue curved up, c. 520 - 478 B.C.

0.19g - 0.229g

75. Ear straight up, mouth half open, tongue projecting forward / raised lines

    0.22g

76. Ear behind, large round head, prominent hooked beak
    0.26g

77. Large round head, long tongue curved down
    0.18g

78. Arch to head, one ear, lower jaw curved down, tongue slightly down
    0.21g

79. Thick neck, knob, lower jaw down, tongue curved to upper bill / indented lines

0.12g - 0.24g

80. Ear forward, flat head, eye forward on beak, mouth wide open, tongue down / quasi-windmill, c. 478 - 449 B.C.
0.14g - 0.25g

Balcer Group XXXIV, Hemitartemoria, 0.056g - 0.95g, c. 540/500 - 478 B.C.

81. Two broad ears / raised lines.
0.056g

82. Two ears, knob, tongue straight / raised lines, pattern within
0.095g

83. Two ears, knob, tongue straight / raised lines

0.081g

Plate XIX

Balcer Group LXXIV, Tetartemoria, 0.16g - 0.24g, c. 478 - 449 B.C.

123. High arch to head, ear slightly back, long tongue slanting down with tip up.

0.185g

124. Eye on high beak, neck ends in three haired circles
0.22g - 0.226g (0.13g?)

125. Eye with prominent eye ridge, knob, hair between ear and knob(?), lower jaw waved / ornament within each quarter on reverse

     0.193g - 0.22g

126. Single ear, hair ruff in curls from ear to neck, two hairs on back of neck
     0.16g - 0.22g

127. Similar, beak is almost closed
     0.21g

128. Similar, mouth open
     0.20g

129. Long pointed ear tipped forward, lower jaw and tongue curved down / indented lines
     0.19g - 0.23g (0.16g?)

130. Large round/oval curl near ear, thin neck, ear up / indented lines

0.194g

131. Similar
0.21g - 0.28g

Balcer Group LXXV, Hemitartemoria, 0.105g, c. 478 - 449 B.C.

132. One ear, knob, tongue curved down / slightly raised lines
0.105g