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Tenedos, didrachm — Bearded male head wearing Corinthian helmet (CN type 13099)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 500–493 BC

Issuing entity

Troas

Didrachm in silver struck at Tenedos in Troas, dated c. 500–493 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 13099 (period: Archaic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Janiform head (bearded male head left, female head right). Reverse: Bearded male head wearing Corinthian helmet, left, within square border of dots; all within incuse square. Legend: ΤΕΝΕ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 8.94 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 19 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). The corpus assigns the type to the Attic weight standard. Published references cited by the corpus: Wroth, A catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Greek coins of Troas, Aeolis and Lesbos, Bologna 1964, p. 92, nr. 8, pl. XVII, pic. 4.

Evidence at a glance

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Historical context

A didrachm was an ancient currency denomination worth two drachmas, utilised by both the Greeks and the Romans. This issue was struck during the Archaic Period on Tenedos, an Aegean island located in Troas at the entrance to the Dardanelles. Despite its small size, Tenedos held considerable strategic importance throughout classical antiquity, coming under the control of successive regional powers including the Persian Empire.

Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Denomination
didrachm
Recorded diameter
19 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
8.94 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Tenedos
Region
Troas
Authority type
City
Weight standard
Attic

Design

Obverse type
Janiform head (bearded male head left, female head right).
Reverse type
Bearded male head wearing Corinthian helmet, left, within square border of dots; all within incuse square.
Reverse legend
ΤΕΝΕ

Identification

Period
Archaic Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/13099
Type corpus identifier
CN type 13099

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