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<p>[QUOTE="Plumbata, post: 3719944, member: 96864"]Very cool coin, thanks for sharing! I don't have them photographed but have been working on a denomination run of these Tenedos silver coins. One is 0.18g and I'm not sure if it's a tetartemorion or light hemiobol but regardless the different double-face/double-bit axe coins are pretty interesting. I'd love to see your other examples if it's convenient for you to share them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a bean-shaped gorgon that I'm fond of:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]997133[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]997134[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And since these coins of Tenedos prominently depict a Labrys, here's my newly acquired Bronze Age example, ~310g and about 6 inches long from Northwest Bulgaria. Being rather small with relatively short cutting edges I suspect it would have been a better weapon or ceremonial piece than utilitarian tree-feller but I'll have to research them more thoroughly. I've wanted a proper bronze Labrys for a long time but all others I've seen were either obvious fakes, suspicious possible fakes, or exorbitantly priced. The excavation damage on the other face and deep chipping of the thick patina make it an imperfect but evidently genuine specimen that fills an important hole in my European Bronze Age axe collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]997136[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]997137[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Plumbata, post: 3719944, member: 96864"]Very cool coin, thanks for sharing! I don't have them photographed but have been working on a denomination run of these Tenedos silver coins. One is 0.18g and I'm not sure if it's a tetartemorion or light hemiobol but regardless the different double-face/double-bit axe coins are pretty interesting. I'd love to see your other examples if it's convenient for you to share them. Here's a bean-shaped gorgon that I'm fond of: [ATTACH=full]997133[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]997134[/ATTACH] And since these coins of Tenedos prominently depict a Labrys, here's my newly acquired Bronze Age example, ~310g and about 6 inches long from Northwest Bulgaria. Being rather small with relatively short cutting edges I suspect it would have been a better weapon or ceremonial piece than utilitarian tree-feller but I'll have to research them more thoroughly. I've wanted a proper bronze Labrys for a long time but all others I've seen were either obvious fakes, suspicious possible fakes, or exorbitantly priced. The excavation damage on the other face and deep chipping of the thick patina make it an imperfect but evidently genuine specimen that fills an important hole in my European Bronze Age axe collection: [ATTACH=full]997136[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]997137[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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