bgr_494511 - TROAS - TENEDOS Obole
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Type : Obole
Date: c. 500-450 AC.
Mint name / Town : Ténédos, Troade
Metal : silver
Diameter : 9 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 0,54 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan à l’usure importante, identifiable. Patine grise superficielle
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête janiforme de Philomène à gauche et de Ténès barbue à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Double hache ou bipenne (labrys) dans un grènetis carré perlé ; le tout dans les restes d’un carré creux.
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, les visages sont inversés par rapport à la position normale comme sur l’hemiobole (B. Traité I, col. 369-370, n° 629). Semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est seulement la deuxième fois que nous le proposons à la vente.
On this example, the faces are reversed from the normal position as on the hemiobolus (B. Traité I, col. 369-370, n° 629). Seems much rarer than general literature suggests. This is only the second time we have offered it for sale.
On this example, the faces are reversed from the normal position as on the hemiobolus (B. Traité I, col. 369-370, n° 629). Seems much rarer than general literature suggests. This is only the second time we have offered it for sale.
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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