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Didrachm

Features

Issuer Tenedos (Troad)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 550 BC - 490 BC
Value Didrachm (2)
Currency Drachma poddasza
Composition Srebro
Weight 8.94 g
Diameter 19 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana, Incuse
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
178580
References BMC Greek# 8
British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).
, CN type# 13099
Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/)
, Traité I# 630
Ernest Babelon; 1907. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.1. Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies greques depuis les origines jusqu'aux guerres médiques. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France.

Obverse

(en) Janiform head: on the left, bearded male face to left and on the right, female face to right. Both have archaic, almond-shaped facing eyes, both wear a stephane, both share a disc earring with a rosette pattern and a double-curved pendant and there is a necklace of pearls

Reverse

(en) Helmeted and bearded male head to left, wearing pearl necklace. Above to left, inscription and all within incuse square

Mint

Tenedos, Troas, modern-day Island of Bozcaada, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (550 BC - 490 BC)  Photo $ 220 000

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Didrachm
© British Museum, 1848,0819.47
20 mm8.1 g 11h
BMC Greek (Troas, Aeolis, Lesbos) p. 92, 8
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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Didrachm
Multiple sales of the same specimen:
Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 154
Lot 1246
Internet Archive
19 May 2025 VF USD 226 872.26
(CHF 180 000.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Didrachm
CNG
Triton XV
Lot 1002
Internet Archive
3 Jan 2012 VF USD 180 000.00
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Didrachm
Nomos AG
Auction 1
Lot 95
Internet Archive
6 May 2009 VF USD 182 758.21
(CHF 145 000.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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