Didrachm

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.