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

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 16525


100 BCE - 70 BCE | ΤΕΝΕΔΙΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Tenedos 2347 Nomos.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : 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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org 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 Nomisma.org 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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 :
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

  1. ^  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.