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ID:     862660
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Greek
Region:     THRACE
City:     Tauric Chersonesos
Issuer:     Chersonesos
Date Ruled:     Circa 386-338 BC
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Hemidrachm
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     BC Circa 386-338
Diameter:     13 mm
Weight:     2.38 g
Obverse Description:     Forepart of lion right, head left
Reverse Description:     Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet in upper and lower sunken quarters
Primary Reference:     McClean 4055-6
Reference2:     SNG Cop 824-5
Reference3:     BMC 8-9
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=157491
Grade:     Good VF.
Notes:     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.