Ionia, Teos

AE13, 1.55g, 400-375 BC.
Obverse: Griffin standing right with raised left fore paw (holding ??), dotted border.
Reverse: Kantharos with grapes and grapevine, three stringed lyre at base, all within linear square.

Listed as an unpublished variety in the family of BMC 36, SNG Cop 1450. Extremely rare with 7 known in 2016.

 

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Wonderful coin! And much better than similar type:

Ionia, Chios. ca.84-27 BC. AE (12mm, 2.16g). Sphinx seated right, forepaw raised over bunch of grapes. / Amphora. BMC 93. Former Kairos Numismatik

... though both of us appear to have taken our pics of the reverse upside-down our Kantharos and Amphora (drinking vessels) would be pouring our wine all over the floor

 

Now that’s funny! Upside down? I couldn’t tell but I can fix it.

 

This one is even smaller:


Ionia, Teos. 320-294 BC. 1.0g 9.5mm diobol
Obv: Griffin standing right
Rev: ΔΙΟΥΧΗ[Σ] (Dioches, magistrate); Chelys (a musical instrument)

 

Mine is a small coin as well. Just blown up in the photos.

 

Ar Teos stater 478-449 BC Obv. Eagle Griffin seated right In lower right field head of nymph. Rv. Quadripartite square. 11.99 grms 26 mm Photo by W. Hansen
Teos is said to be the home city of Abdera a city which shares the same image on their coinage except that in the coinage of Abdera the griffin faces left.