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Didrachm
| Issuer | Tenos |
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| Year | 250 BC |
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| Value | Didrachm (2) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | ΤΗΝΙΩΝ |
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| Additional information |
Tenos, the small Cycladic island best known in antiquity for its sanctuary of Poseidon and Amphitrite, produced coinage in remarkably limited quantities — a reflection of its modest economic weight relative to neighbors like Naxos or Paros. The sanctuary attracted pan-Hellenic pilgrims and theoroi from across the Aegean, which likely drove whatever need for locally-struck silver existed at all.
The tight clustering of this type across just four major reference collections — Copenhagen, BMC, Lockett, Dewing — speaks to how few specimens are known.