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Coin ID #10600

Tenedos (BC 525-470) Didrachm

Early-mid 5th century BC. AR Didrachm (18mm, 7.62g, 11h). Janiform head of a male, left, and female, right / Labrys in dotted square border within incuse square. VF, toned, typical areas of weak strike, some porosity. Very rare. Ex Cahn Coll.; Auctiones 8 (6/1978), lot 236.

This coin is from the earliest issue of coinage at Tenedos. Although some place this issue in the late 6th century, there are no coins of this type in any hoard recorded before the mid-5th century. In fact, only two 5th century hoards record coins of Tenedos: Troas, 1969 (IGCH 1188), deposited ca 450 BC, and Massyaf, 1961 (IGCH 1483 = CH 8, 587 = CH 9, 362), deposited ca 425-420 BC. The former contained two coins of Tenedos, but further information was not recorded. The second hoard contained a single didrachm, which was from the same issue as the present coin (cf. C.M. Kraay & P.R.S. Moorey, “Two fifth century hoards from the Near East,” RN 1968, pl. XXVI, 57). That coin exhibits little wear, supporting a likely date of issue in the early to mid 5th century BC.

File information
Filename:93000363.jpg
City/Mint name:Tenedos
Keywords:silver / archaic
References:SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen 505; HGC 6, 378
Valuation:CNG Auc. 93 (5/2013), lot 363 ($500 + comm)
Photo courtesy of:Classical Numismatic Group - www.cngcoins.com
Filesize:109 KiB
Date added:Jul 02, 2013
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