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Drachm
| Issuer | Tenedos |
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| Year | 100 BC - 70 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Janiform (double-headed) conjoined busts facing in opposite directions: to the left, a bearded and laureate male head in profile right, with curling locks; to the right, a diademed female head in profile left, with finely rendered hair. The two effigies share a common neck, rendered in high relief typical of Hellenistic die-cutting craft. The field is plain, with no inscription on the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | A double-headed axe (labrys) prominently displayed in the centre of the field, serving as the principal civic symbol of Tenedos. Below the axe, a monogram appears to the left accompanied by a bunch of grapes, while to the right stands a figure of Hermes, depicted facing left, his right hand raised and his left hand holding a caduceus. The ethnic legend ΤΕΝΕΔΙΩΝ is inscribed above, and the entire composition is enclosed within a laurel wreath border. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΤΕΝΕΔΙΩΝ |
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