1843 - Tenedos (tetradrachm Janiform head/labrys) over uncertain type (Egger, XLVI, May 1914, 699)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1843

100 BCE - 70 BCE | TENEΔΙΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Egger (Vienna), XLVI, 11 May 1914, n° 699 = Hess-Leu (Lucerne), 31, 6-7 Dec. 1966, n° 417 = Nomos, 5, 25 Oct. 2011, 181 = Nomos, 24, 22 May 2022, 185
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Th. Prowe collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Janiform head of a Zeus left, wearing laurel wreath and Hera right wearing stephane.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TENEΔΙΩΝ (Greek) Double axe. In field, monogram, grape bunch and Artemis with a stag. 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: 16.5316.53 g <br />16,530 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 />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3737 mm <br />3.7 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Callataÿ 1993b

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Callataÿ 1993b1Callataÿ 1993b, Callataÿ 19982Callataÿ 1998, 5 (O3-R1), HGC 63HGC 6, n° 390

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

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Flan flaw on the reverse, otherwise, nearly extremely fine" (several letters on two lines on the reverse = Athens?)