18862 - Tenedos (tetradrachm Janiform head/labrys) over uncertain type (NAC, 114, May 2019, 1188)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 18862

100 BCE - 70 BCE | TENEΔIΩN

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Overstriking coin

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Numismatica Ars Classica, 114, 6 May 2019, 1188 = M&M, FPL 297, 1969, 10 = NFA, MBS 12 Oct. 1988, 299.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	From the Harald Salvesen collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Janiform head of a laureate and bearded male to left and a diademed female to right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TENEΔIΩN (Greek) Labrys, below, monogram and bunch of grapes – Athena Promachos standing facing. 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: 16.2016.2 g <br />16,200 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Callataÿ 19981Callataÿ 1998, n° 60, HGC 62HGC 6, n° 390

Overstruck type

Description

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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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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

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Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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