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E-auction 108-57310 - bgr_237417 - TROAS - TENEDOS Obole

TROAS - TENEDOS Obole VF
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Estimate : 50 €
Price : 32 €
Maximum bid : 40 €
End of the sale : 11 May 2015 15:01:30
bidders : 7 bidders
Type : Obole
Date: c. 450-400 AC.
Mint name / Town : Ténédos, Troade
Metal : silver
Diameter : 7 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,28 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan à l’usure importante, bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure très importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête janiforme de Philomène à gauche et de Ténès barbue à droite.

Reverse


Reverse legend : T-E.
Reverse description : Double hache ou bipenne (labrys).

Commentary


Poids très léger. Notre exemplaire est proche de l’obole (0,52 g) (P. 2287). Sur cet exemplaire comme sur l’obole, les visages sont inversés par rapport à la position normale.

Historical background


TROAS - TENEDOS

(5th century BC)

Tenedos was a city-state on an island located southwest of Ilion (Troy). The city was famous for the beauty of its women. Coinage is abundant in the classical and Hellenistic periods.

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