Islands off Troas, Tenedos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 100-80 BC. Janiform head of a laureate bearded male to left and female to right, wearing stephanos / Labrys; TENEΔIΩN above, handle flanked by monogram and club to left, and grape bunch to right; all within laurel wreath. Cf. Callataÿ, Tenedos 7 for similar obverse die and monogram; cf. HGC 6, 390. 15.50g, 34mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine; edge broken. Apparently unique and unpublished.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
This lot and the previous one share an obverse die with a large ear facing left to suit the bearded male head, a rare feature only otherwise apparent on Callataÿ, Tenedos 7 (D4) and on an apparently unpublished type sold by CNG in 2019 (E-443, lot 84).