Tenedos (BC 188-70) Tetradrachm

ca 80-70 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.76g, 1h). Janiform head composed of laureate and bearded head of Zeus to left and diademed head of Hera to right / Double axe, TENEÎ”IÎ©N above, monogram and bunch of grapes to left, open hand to right; all within laurel wreath. Rare. Nicely toned. Nearly extremely fine. Ex Bement Coll., Naville VII (6/1924), 1408 (provenance given in Bement catalogue, Hirsch XXXIII, 823, is incorrect = de CallataÃ¿ 14). According to de CallataÃ¿, only 119 tetradrachms and drachms of Tenedos are known.

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Filename:	image00658.jpg
City/Mint name:	Tenedos
Keywords:	silver / hellenistic
References:	F. de CallataÃ¿, Les monnaies hellÃ©nistiques en argent de TÃ©nÃ©dos, Studies Price, 15 (this coin)
Valuation:	LHS Auc. 95 (10/2005), lot 658 (CHF 7,750 ($6,070) + comm)
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