16525 - Tenedos (tetradrachm Janiform head/labrys) over uncertain type (Nomos, 3, May 2011, 113)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 16525

100 BCE - 70 BCE | ΤΕΝΕΔΙΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Nomos, 3, 10 May 2011, 113

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Janiform head composed of a laureate and bearded head of Zeus to left and a diademed head of Hera to right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΤΕΝΕΔΙΩΝ (Greek) Double axe, below left, monogram of ΠΑ and bunch of grapes, below right, caps of the Dioscouri, all within laurel wreath

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Tenedos

Ancient regionAncient region.

Troas

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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:

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

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.2716.27 g <br />16,270 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Callataÿ 19981Callataÿ 1998, 80

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Minor traces of overstriking, otherwise, extremely fine"

References

^ Callataÿ, François de (1998), "Les monnaies hellénistiques en argent de Ténédos", in Georges Le Rider and Roger Bland (eds.), Studies in Greek Numismatics in memory of Martin Jessop Price, London, p. 99-114, pl. 24-28.