Tenedos, didrachm — Double axe within square border of dots (CN type 13141)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 470–450 BC
Issuing entity
TroasDidrachm 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 13141 (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. Legend: Τ–Ε/Ν–Ε. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 7.8 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 20 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). The corpus assigns the type to the Chian weight standard.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 2
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
Tenedos is an island in the northeastern Aegean Sea, positioned strategically near the entrance of the Dardanelles off the coast of the Troad in northwestern Anatolia. During classical antiquity, it was controlled by regional powers including the Delian League and the Persian Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- didrachm
- Recorded diameter
- 20 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.8 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.
- Reverse legend
- Τ–Ε/Ν–Ε
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/13141
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 13141
- Source note
- The corpus record cites no printed literature for this type; it rests on recorded specimens.
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
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- Recorded
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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.
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