bgr_925645 - TROAS - TENEDOS Hemidrachme
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Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 500-450 AC.
Mint name / Town : Ténédos, Troade
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 1,53 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête janiforme de Ténès barbue à gauche et de Philomène à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Double hache ou bipenne (labrys) dans un carré linéaire ; le tout dans les restes d’un carré creuc.
Reverse legend : TE/ZN-[DI/NE].
Historical background
TROAS - TENEDOS
(5th century BC)
Tenedos was a city-state on an island located southwest of Ilion (Troy). The city was famous for the beauty of its women. Coinage is abundant in the classical and Hellenistic periods.
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