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Drachm
| Issuer | Tenedos (Troad) |
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| Year | 100 BC - 70 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Janiform conjoined busts rendered in high relief, depicting a laureate male head facing left and a diademed female head facing right, both sharing a common neck. The male portrait displays a wreath of bay leaves, while the female effigy wears a diadem across her hair. The striking is characteristic of late Hellenistic die-cutting, with naturalistic facial features and carefully rendered hair locks visible on both profiles. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Tenedos, the small Aegean island commanding the northern approach to the Troad, maintained its mint well into the late Hellenistic period largely because of its strategic position controlling traffic through the strait toward the Hellespont. The island's coinage persisted with remarkable conservatism through periods when neighboring mints had long since capitulated to Roman monetary pressure or ceased production entirely.
Callataÿ's die study identified this issue as one of the final productive phases of the Tenedian mint before Roman administrative reorganization of the region effectively ended autonomous civic coinage across much of the Troad.