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Tenedos, Trihemiobol (1 1/2 obol) — Double axe within square border of dots (CN type 13122)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 470–450 BC

Issuing entity

Troas

Trihemiobol (1 1/2 obol) in silver struck at Tenedos in Troas, dated c. 470–450 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 13122 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Janiform head (female head left, bearded male head right). Reverse: Double axe within square border of dots; all within incuse square. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 0.78 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 9 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). The corpus assigns the type to the Chian weight standard. Published references cited by the corpus: Ashton et al., Sylloge nummorum Graecorum: England. Vol. 5 Pt. 9: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Bosporus - Aeolis, New York 2007, nr. 1234, pl. XLVII, pic. 1234; Waggoner, Early Greek coins from the collection of Jonathan P. Rosen, New York 1983, nr. 536, pl. 20, pic. 536.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
4
Photograph views
1
Catalogue references
2

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Historical context

Tenedos, an island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea, possessed strategic importance throughout classical antiquity due to its position at the entrance of the Dardanelles. Over the centuries it fell under the sway of regional authorities such as the Persian Empire and the Delian League. This silver trihemiobol was produced by the island city during the Classical period, dating to circa 470–450 BC.

Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Denomination
Trihemiobol (1 1/2 obol)
Recorded diameter
9 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
0.78 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Tenedos
Region
Troas
Authority type
City
Weight standard
Chian

Design

Obverse type
Janiform head (female head left, bearded male head right).
Reverse type
Double axe within square border of dots; all within incuse square.

Identification

Period
Classical 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/13122
Type corpus identifier
CN type 13122

Documentation checklist

Denomination
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Issue or mint date
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Material
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Weight
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Mint or printer
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Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue reference
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Catalogue references

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