Tenos had a sanctuary of Dionysos and temples dedicated to Poseidon and Amphitrite. Some ruins and tombs are still visible, and other sanctuaries have been identified, one dedicated to Gaia near Agia Thekla, and one of an unknown deity just opposite Andros.
BMC 6 | Tenos, Cyclades, AE15. ca 314-288. 4.48 g. Laureate and horned head of Zeus Ammon right / T-H to left and right of bunch of grapes. BMC 6; Hoover HGC 744; Mionnet II, 155. | Text | Image |
BMC 10 Sear SG 3163 | Tenos, Cyclades, AE unit, ca 308-288 BC. 3.48 g. Laureate head of Apollo Karneios right / T-H N-I in two lines beneath and above bunch of grapes, trident in left field. BMC 10; Hoover HGC 737; Gyselen 109. | Text | Image |
BMC 20 | Tenos, Cyclades, AE18. ca 288-250 BC. Bearded, laureate head of Poseidon right / T-H N-I in two lines across fields, trident, dolphin at lower left and right, rose in left field. BMC 20; SNG Cop. 778 (Rose omitted). | Text | Image |
BMC 31 | Tenos, Cyclades, AE18, ca. 200-188 BC. 4.21 g. Laureate head of Zeus Ammon right / THNIΩN, Poseidon standing left, holding dolphin and trident; rose at lower left. BMC 31-32; Weber 4737 (this coin); SNG Cop 783. | Text | Image |
BMC 36 | Tenos, Cyclades. AE17, semi-autonomous issue, 1st century AD. 2.33 g. Horned head of Zeus Ammon right. / THNI, dolphin swimming left. BMC 36; Paris 466 (this coin). | Text | Image |
BMC 37 | Tenos, Cyclades. AE14, semi-autonomous issue, 1st century AD. Horned head of Zeus Ammon right. / TH-NI, dolphin swimming right. BMC 37; Mionnet Supp. IV, 313. | Text | Image |
BMC 39 | Tenos, Cyclades. AE14, semi-autonomous issue, 1st century AD. Head of Poseidon right, trident behind shoulder. / THNI, dolphin swimming right. BMC 39; Paris 468A (this coin); Mionnet IV, 313 corr. (NI overlooked); Dieudonné Inventory 3480 (ditto). | Text | Image |
Hirsch 1399 | Tenos, Cyclades, AR stater, Aegian standard. 6th c. BC. 12.29 g. Bunch of grapes on a T-shaped stalk / Quadripartite incuse punch of windmill shape. Hirsch 1399. | Text | Image |
Hoover 727 | Tenos, Cyclades, AR Tetradrachm. ca 200-180 BC. 25mm, 13.96 g. Laureate head of Apollo Karneios right / THNΩN, Poseidon seated left, holding dolphin and trident, grape bunch in left field. ΠYH monogram beneath throne. Hoover HGC 727 (this coin); Gyselen 202. | Text | Image |
McClean 7298 | Tenos, Cyclades, AR hemidrachm, Aegian standard. 6th c. BC. 2.36 g. Bunch of grapes / Quadripartite incuse punch of regular shape. McClean 7298; Pozzi 2057; de Luynes 2383; Weber 4731. | Text | Image |
Mionnet Supp. IV, 312 Sear SG 3158 | Tenos, Cyclades, AR didrachm, ca 250 BC. 6.88 g. Youthful, unbearded, laureate head of Zeus Ammon right / THNI, Poseidon standing left, holding dolphin and trident, bunch of grapes in left field. Mionnet Supp. IV, 312; SNG Cop 769. | Text | Image |
Mionnet Supp. IV, 318 | Tenos, Cyclades, AE18. ca 288-250 BC. Youthful, unbearded head of Zeus Ammon right / T-H to left and right of bunch of grapes. Mionnet Supp. IV, 318. | Text | Image |
Paris 479 | Tenos, Cyclades, AE24 semi-autonomous issue, 1st c. BC. 6.38 g. THNIΩN, Poseidon standing left, holding trident over dolphin. / Amphitrite standing right, looking left, holding sceptre and raising right arm. Paris 479 (this coin); BMC 33; de Quere 162; Boutin 4238-4241; RPC I 1302. | Text | Image |
Paris 493 | Tenos, Cyclades. AE14, semi-autonomous issue, 1st century AD. 1.53 g. Trident between two dolphins swimming downwards. / THNIΩN, kantharos. Paris 493 (this coin); Dieudonné Paris Inventory 3477 (ditto): Boutin 4364; de Quere 164; RPC I, 1304. | Text | Image |
SNG Cop 766 | Tenos, Cyclades, AR hemidrachm, Aegian standard. 6th c. BC. 2.46 g. Bunch of grapes / Quadripartite incuse punch of irregular shape. SNG Cop. 766; SNG Delepierre 2458. | Text | Image |
SNG Lockett 2631 | Tenos, Cyclades, AR didrachm. ca 200 BC. 6.54 g. Diademed head head of Apollo Karneios right, with ram's horn / THNIΩN, Poseidon, nude to waist, standing left, holding trident and dolphin, bunch of grapes in left field. SNG Lockett 2631; McClean 7300. | Text | Image |
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