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Drachm of Tenedos with janiform head
Greek
Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
387–300 B.C.
Mint: Troas (Islands off), Tenedos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 16 mm. Weight: 3.60 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.982
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1639.
DescriptionObverse: Double head; at left a woman with earring and broad fillet in hair; at right a bearded man laureate.
Reverse: In incuse square, a double axe.
At left below, a bunch of grapes, at right a tripod.
Inscription in Greek around.
Reverse: In incuse square, a double axe.
At left below, a bunch of grapes, at right a tripod.
Inscription in Greek around.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1054); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren