100 BCE - 70 BCE | TENEΔΙΩΝ
Overstriking coin
Tenedos 107 Berlin Lambros.jpg
Overstruck variety
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| Museum collectionMuseum collection:
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Berlin, Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen, Imhoof-Blumer 1900.
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Lambros (Athens).
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Janiform head of a Zeus left, wearing laurel wreath and Hera right wearing stephane.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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TENEΔΙΩΝ Double axe. In field, monogram, grape bunch and lyra. All within laurel wreath.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Tenedos
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Troas
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Modern countryModern country: Turkey
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AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.6516.65 g <br />16,650 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3737 mm <br />3.7 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Attic (reduced)
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Callataÿ 1993b, p. 2-4, n° 8, Callataÿ 1998, p. 101, pl. 24 (8/D5-R1a), Imhoof-Blumer 1883, p. 269.
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Callataÿ 1993b1Callataÿ 1993b, p. 2-4, n° 8, Callataÿ 19982Callataÿ 1998, p. 101, pl. 24 (8/D5-R1a), HGC 63HGC 6, n° 390
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Wreathed head of Dionysos right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN (Greek) Herakles standing left, holding club and lion skin
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 168 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Attic
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