★ Very rare didrachm of Tenos ★

Cyclades. Tenos circa 250 BC.
Didrachm AR. Rhodian Standard

22mm., 6,89g.

Laureate head of young Zeus Ammon right, A behind / ΤΗΝΙΩΝ, Poseidon, wearing himation, nude to waist, standing left, holding trident with his left hand, dolphin on his outstretched right hand, in field left, bunch of grapes.

very fine, nicely toned

BMC Crete etc, p.128, 7 var. (no A behind); Mionnet Supp. IV, 312 var. (same); Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Monnaies, médailles et antiques, 452.

In the neighbourhood of the ancient city of Tenos was a celebrated temple of Poseidon situated in a grove, where festivals were celebrated, and which were much frequented by all the neighbouring people.