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ID: |
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862659 |
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[UNVERIFIED]
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| Type: |
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Greek |
| Region: |
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THRACE |
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City:
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Thracian Chersonesos |
| Issuer: |
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Cherronesos |
| Date Ruled: |
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Circa 386-338 BC
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| Metal: |
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Silver |
| Denomination: |
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Hemidrachm |
| Struck / Cast: |
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struck |
| Date Struck: |
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BC Circa 386-338 |
| Diameter: |
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13 mm |
| Weight: |
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2.40 g |
| Die Axis: |
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6 h |
| Obverse Description: |
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Forepart of lion right, head left |
| Reverse Description: |
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Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet and monogram in upper sunken quarter, bee in lower sunken quarter |
| Primary Reference: |
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McClean 4090 corr. (crab) |
| Reference2: |
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SNG Cop 832 |
| Reference3: |
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BMC - |
| Photograph Credit: |
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Classical Numismatic Group |
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http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=157495 |
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Grade:
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Good VF. |
| Notes: |
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Like many other Greek city-states, the city of Chersonesos was built on a site from which it could exploit the military or economic advantages of its location. Located on a peninsula extending from Europe into the Aegean on the west and the Dardanelles on the east, its name derives from the ancient Greek word for peninsula. Little is known about this city, apart from its coinage. Two cities grew up nearby. Of the one, Agora (Malagra?), little is known. The other, called Kallipolis, or “Beautiful City,” was made famous, first as the first foothold of the Ottoman advance into Europe, and later as Gallipoli, the site of the famous ANZAC invasion of 1916. |
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