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Tenedos, didrachm — Double axe within square border of dots (CN type 13100)

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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 13100 (period: Archaic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Janiform head (bearded male head left, female head right). Reverse: Double axe within square border of dots; all within incuse square. Legend: ΤΕ/ΝΕ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 8.53 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 19.8 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). The corpus assigns the type to the Attic weight standard.

Evidence at a glance

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Historical context

Tenedos, an island in the north-eastern Aegean Sea near the entrance of the Dardanelles, held strategic importance throughout classical antiquity. In subsequent centuries, it came under the rule of successive regional powers, including the Persian Empire. The didrachm was a Greek and Roman denomination worth two drachmas, struck during the Archaic period by the city.

Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Denomination
didrachm
Recorded diameter
19.8 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
8.53 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
Double axe within square border of dots; all within incuse square.
Reverse legend
ΤΕ/ΝΕ

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. 3 closely related CN types with the same mint, denomination and design are consolidated into this entry and listed under varieties.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/13100
Type corpus identifier
CN type 13100
Source note
The corpus record cites no printed literature for this type; it rests on recorded specimens.

Documentation checklist

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Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

Varieties

  • CN type 13116

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΤΕΝ/ΕΔΙ/ΟΝ); dated c. 490–470 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 13121

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend Τ–Ε/Ν–Ε); dated c. 470–450 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 13161

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΤΕ/ΝΕ); dated c. 470–450 BC. Consolidated into this entry

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