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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     79000137      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Greek Region:     THRACO MACEDONIAN TRIBES City:     Uncertain Tribe Metal:     Silver Denomination:     Hemidrachm or Tetrobol Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     BC Circa 520-500 Weight:     2.35 g Obverse Description:     Grape bunch Reverse Description:     Quadripartite incuse square Primary Reference:     SNG Cop 767 Reference2:     Boston MFA 1295 Reference3:     Weber 4731 (all as issue of Tenos in Cyclades) Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=126648 Grade:     Good VF, toned Notes:     Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 137 Very rare. Ex Dr. Roland Maly Collection (LHS 100, 23 April 2007), lot 270; P.M. Proschowsky Collection (Rasmussen 245, 10 March 1970), lot 715; DurulfÉ Collection (Rollin et Feuardent, 9 May 1910), lot 479.This coin type has traditionally been attributed to the mint of Tenos in the Cyclades (see L. Artemis-Gyselen, “Les monnaies archaÏques de TÉnos” in RN 1977, class 2). However, more recent studies of the coinage of Tenos have concluded that this attribution was erroneous (see Sheedy, pp. 72-4, and R. Étienne & L. Artemis-Gyselen, "L'Atelier monÉtaire de TÉnos," in R. Étienne, Tenos II [Paris, 1990]). Sheedy’s analysis of the metrology of these archaic coins has led him to place them at an uncertain mint in the Thraco-Macedonian region.

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