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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Tenedos |
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| Year | 160 BC - 70 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND (160 BC - 70 BC) |
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Tenedos, a small island in the northeastern Aegean near the mouth of the Hellespont, owed its monetary relevance almost entirely to geography. Ships transiting between the Aegean and the Black Sea were compelled to pass within reach of the island, and Tenedian coinage circulated accordingly — not because the polis was powerful, but because the chokepoint was. This tetradrachm belongs to a series François de Callataÿ has catalogued as running roughly from the mid-second century into the final decades BC, a remarkably long production window for a minor island issuer.
The dies show little standardization across the series, suggesting irregular and possibly demand-driven minting rather than continuous civic production.