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Ancient Coinage of Thrace, Chersonesos

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Ref.	1st section	2nd section	Info, other refs	Text	Image
FIRST SECTION: Hemidrachm types: Forepart of lion right, head reverted / quadripartite incuse square with monograms, letters and symbols usually in opposing quarters

AAH 20030724	AG monogram	R over dot	Unpublished.	Text	Image
AAH 20030728	X	2 parallel lines	Poss. unpublished.	Text	Image
AAH 20040615	dot	Fish left	Poss. unpublished	Text	Image
Berlin 18	Dot over I	Pineapple	Berlin I, 18	Text	Image
Berlin 20	A over dot	bunch of grapes	Berlin I, 20; Hunterian 2	Text	Image
Berlin 22	A	star (dot in third quarter)	Berlin I, 22; cf Babelon Traite 1563 (fourré).	Text	Image
Berlin 30	dot over AG monogram	Fish left	McClean 4094-4095; Berlin I, 30	Text	Image
Berlin 33	dot over AG monogram	fish right		Text	Image
Berlin 34v	dot and AG monogram	dot and fish	Berlin I, 34v; Hunterian 2	Text	Image
Berlin 35	dot AG monogram	ram's head right	Berlin 35; Weber 2411.	Text	Image
Berlin 36	AG monogram over dot	Grain ear	Berlin I, 36.	Text	Image
Berlin 38	dot over AG monogram	dot over AG monogram / grain ear on stalk with leaf	Berlin I, 38	Text	Image
Berlin 49	A dot	Bee	Berlin I, 49	Text	Image
Berlin 49v	A over dot	bee	Thrace, Chersonese. Circa 400-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.40 gm). Berlin I, 49var (A with dot).	Text	Image
Berlin 50 var	E dot (?)	Dot over fish left	Berlin I, 50 var. (Possibly a dolphin, see SNG Cop 829) Berlin 50 has E over dot.	Text	Image
Berlin 60	K dot	dot over star	Thrace, Chersonese. Ca 400-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.40 gm). Berlin I, 60.	Text	Image
Berlin 61	dot over M	dot	Berlin I, 61.	Text	Image
Berlin 70	dot VE	dot star	Thrace, Chersonese. Ca 400-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm. Berlin I, 70.	Text	Image
Berlin 85	dot	wreath with ties inwards	Berlin I, 85.	Text	Image
Berlin 87	dot	Caduceus	Berlin I, 87.	Text	Image
Berlin 90	dot VE	amphora	Thrace, Chersonese. Ca 400-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm. Berlin I, 90; Babelon Traite 1556.	Text	Image
BMC 10	dot	Palm branch	BMC Thrace 10; McClean 4081.	Text	Image
BMC 11	dot	bunch of grapes in sunken quarters.	480-350 BC.Weber 2419, 2434; McClean 4079.	Text	Image
BMC 11	dot	bunch of grapes in sunken quarters.	480-350 BC.Weber 2419, 2434; McClean 4079.	Text	Image
BMC 11	dot	bunch of grapes in sunken quarters.	480-350 BC.Weber 2419, 2434; McClean 4079.	Text	Image
BMC 11v	dot	Bunch of grapes inwards	BMC 11 var.	Text	Image
BMC 13	dot	Ivy leaf	BMC Thrace 13; McClean 4082-4083; SNG Berry 501.	Text	Image
BMC 13	dot	ivy leaf	BMC Thrace pg. 183, 13; McClean 4082-4083; SNG Berry 501.	Text	Image
BMC 19	A over dot	Scallop shell	BMC Thrace pg. 184, 19; Weber 2435.	Text	Image
BMC 21	dot AG monogram	Amphora	BMC Thrace 21; Weber 2406; McClean 4066; Dewing 1305; SNG Copenhagen 837; Berlin I, 43.	Text	Image
BMC 22	AG monogram over dot	two crossed barley corns beside a dot	BMC 22; McClean 4067-4068	Text	Image
BMC 27	inverted AG-monogram dot	Lizard	BMC Thrace 27; SNG Dreer 112.	Text	Image
BMC 28	AG monogram	plow	BMC 28; Winterthur 1196; Hunterian 3.	Text	Image
BMC 32-33	dot and downwards E	Fish left	BMC Thrace, 32, 33.	Text	Image
BMC 37	dot	dot, plus an H in third quarter	BMC Thrace 37; McClean 4059; Dewing 3102	Text	Image
BMC 39	dot VE monogram	Amphora	BMC Thrace 39; Weber 2423; McClean 4111-4112.	Text	Image
BMC 39	dot VE monogram	Amphora	BMC Thrace 39; Weber 2423; McClean 4111-4112.	Text	Image
BMC 41	dot over inverted VE monogram	Bee	BMC Thrace 41; Weber 2424; McClean 4114-4116; Sear 1605.	Text	Image
BMC 42	dot over V-inverted-Y monogram	Caduceus	cf. BMC Thrace pg. 185, 42; SNG Copenhagen 836.	Text	Image
BMC 43	dot VE monogram	Pentagram over dot	BMC Thrace pg. 185, 43; Weber 2422; SNG Dreer 115; McClean 4071.	Text	Image
BMC 43	dot VE monogram	Pentagram over dot	BMC Thrace pg. 185, 43; Weber 2422; SNG Dreer 115; McClean 4071.	Text	Image
BMC 47	X	dot	BMC Thrace 47.	Text	Image
BMC 47var	A and dot	X	AE Hemidrachm 2.22 gr, 13.12mm. 480-350 BC. BMC Thrace, 47 var (no letter); cf Sear 1602-1606.	Text	Image

BMC 48	X over dot	Amphora	BMC Thrace 48; McClean 4121; Sear 1606.	Text	Image
BMC 49	X over dot	bee	BMC 49.	Text	Image
BMC 50	X over dot	Caduceus	BMC Thrace 50; Weber 2432; McClean 4120.	Text	Image
BMC 51	X over dot	lizard	BMC 51; McClean 4123.	Text	Image
CNG 245, 54	A over dot	dot club	CNG_245-54.	Text	Image
CNG 62933	dot K	dot over pentagram	Not in the usual reference works.	Text	Image
CNG 83133	H over dot	I	Not in the usual reference works.	Text	Image
CNG 730778 var	I over dot	pruning hook or sickle	Not in the usual reference works.	Text	Image
CNG 736957	X	caduceus	CNG 736957; McClean 4120 var (no dot).	Text	Image
CNG 223,10	Dot	Bull's head (bucranium)	unpublished?	Text	Image
FAC SL28181	I over dot	dot over sickle	FAC SL28181	Text	Image
McClean 4067-4068	inverted AG monogram over dot	Grain ear	BMC Thrace pg. 184, 22; McClean 4067-4068.	Text	Image
McClean 4069-4070	dot over I	pruning hook or sickle	McClean 4069-4070.	Text	Image
McClean 4071	VE monogram	Pentagram	McClean 4071.	Text	Image
McClean 4072	dot VE monogram	Barley corn	McClean 4072.	Text	Image
McClean 4072 var	dot VE monogram	Pentagram	McClean 4072 var	Text	Image
McClean 4073	dot	four-petalled flower or rosette	Weber 2433; McClean 4073.	Text	Image
McClean 4075	dot	Rose	McClean 4075.	Text	Image
McClean 4078	dot	Omphalos or garlanded pileus	McClean 4078.	Text	Image
McClean 4080	dot	Swastika	McClean 4080; Berlin 88.	Text	Image
McClean 4080	dot	Swastika	McClean 4080.	Text	Image
McClean 4084	dot	corn or grain ear	AR 13mm; 2.38g. McClean 4084.	Text	Image

McClean 4090	dot over inverted AG monogram	Bee	Weber 2409 and 2428; McClean 4090; SNG Copenhagen 832.	Text	Image
Mcclean 4091	H over dot	Bucranium (inverted)	McClean 4091.	Text	Image
McClean 4091 var	X over dot	Bucranium	.	Text	Image
McClean 4093	dot over AG monogram	cicada	AR 13mm; 2.38g. McClean 4093; SNG Berry 503.	Text Text	Image Image
McClean 4094-4095	dot over AG monogram	Fish upright	McClean 4094-4095.	Text	Image
McClean 4098	LEB monogram dot	amphora	McClean 4098.	Text	Image
McClean 4099	dot E	Bee	Possibly McClean 4099.	Text	Image
McClean 4103	E dot	Barley corn with two leaves	Weber 2429; McClean 4103.	Text	Image
McClean 4103 (2)	E dot	Barley corn	Weber 2429; McClean 4103.	Text	Image
McClean 4103v	dot over X	barley corn inwards	2.17 gr, 12.80mm. McClean 4103 var (dot over E); cf Sear 1602-1606.	Text	Image
McClean 4104	H	bucranium	2.07 gr, 12.92mm. ca. 400-350 BC. McClean 4104; cf Sear 1602-1606.	Text	Image
McClean 4107	I over dot	eight-rayed star	McClean 4107.	Text	Image
McClean 4107 var	dot I	eight-rayed star	McClean 4107 var (position of dot).	Text	Image
McClean 4108	dot over HP monogram	olive leaf and berry	McClean 4108; SNG Copenhagen 828; SNG Leake 1706.	Text	Image
McClean 4114-4116	dot over E	Bee	BMC Thrace pg. 185, 41; Weber 2424; McClean 4114-4116; Sear 1605.	Text	Image
McClean 4120	dot over X	Caduceus	2.39g. BMC 50; Weber 2432; McClean 4120.	Text	Image
McClean 4122	dot X	amphora	McClean 4122; Sear 1606; Berlin 75.	Text	Image
M&M 30, 108-109 (1)	dot V-inverted-Y monogram dot	Bee	M&M 30, 108-109	Text	Image
M&M 30, 108-109 (2)	dot V-inverted-Y monogram dot	Bee	M&M 30, 108-109	Text	Image
M&M 30, 108-109 (3)	dot V-inverted-Y monogram dot	Bee	M&M 30, 108-109	Text	Image
MS 3472	dot pentagram	dot racetorch.	Poss. unpublished. Museum Surplus 3472.	Text	Image
MS 5082	Dot over LBE monogram upwards	wreath(?)	Unpublished. Museum Surplus 5082.	Text	Image
MS 6351	dot (over leaf?)	dot over tunny fish right	Unpublished. Museum Surplus 6351	Text	Image
Sear #1602	dot	dot	SNGCop 824, BMC 8.	(5 entries)
Sear #1603	A over dot	bunch of grapes	BMC 18.	(3 entries)
Sear #1604	AG monogram	dot over helmet	BMC 25.	(2 entries)
Sear #1605	dot VE monogram	bee	BMC 41.	(3 entries)
Sear #1606	X dot	amphora	BMC 48.	Text	Image
SNGBerry 502	dot	crested helmet	SNGBerry 502.	Text	Image
SNG Cop 826	AG monogram over dot	dot	SNG Cop 826; McClean 4060; SNG von Post 76; Berlin I 25	Text	Image
SNG Cop 826 var	dot over AG monogram	dot	SNG Cop 826 var (position of dot); McClean 4060 var etc.	Text	Image
SNG Cop 828var	HP monogram (inverted) over dot	dot	McClean 4108 var; SNG Cop 828 var.	Text	Image
SNG Cop 829	dot E	dot over dolphin left	BMC Thrace pg. 185, 31; Weber 2413.	Text	Image
SNG Cop 829 (type 2)	E dot	Dolphin over dot	BMC Thrace, 31; Weber 2413. (Note: the dots are in reverse order to the coin above).	Text	Image
SNG Cop 830	dot VE monogram	lizard	Weber 2415; McClean 4117-4118.	Text	Image
SNG Cop 830	dot VE monogram	lizard	Weber 2415; McClean 4117-4118.	Text	Image
SNG Cop 833	dot	bee	2.40 gm. McClean 4100.	Text	Image
SNG Cop 834	dot over X	Bee	BMC Thrace 49.	Text	Image
SNGCop 835	I over dot	Grain ear	Weber 2410; Dewing 1303.	Text	Image
SNGCop 835	I over dot	Grain ear	Weber 2410; Dewing 1303.	Text	Image
SNGCop 836	dot VE-monogram	caduceus	Weber 2421.	Text	Image
SNGCop 836	dot VE-monogram	caduceus	Weber 2421.	Text	Image
SNGCop 836	dot VE-monogram	caduceus	Weber 2421.	Text	Image
SNGCop 839	I	dot over ladle or fish(?).		Text	Image
SNGCop 841	A over dot	Flower with nine petals	BMC Thrace pg. 184, 20.	Text	Image
SNGCop 842	dot	Flower of four petals with stem	Weber 2433; McClean 4073.	Text	Image
SNGCop 843 (1)	dot	wreath	McClean 4076.	Text	Image
SNGCop 843 (2)	dot	wreath	McClean 4076.	Text	Image
SNGCop 843 (3)	dot	wreath	McClean 4076.	Text	Image
SNGCop 843 (4)	dot	wreath	McClean 4076.	Text	Image
SNGCop 843 (5)	dot	wreath	McClean 4076.	Text	Image
SNGCop 843 (6)	dot	wreath	McClean 4076.	Text	Image
SNG Dreer 107	I over dot	dot	SNG Dreer 107.	Text	Image
SNG Dreer 107	I over dot	dot	SNG Dreer 107.	Text	Image
SNG Dreer 109	dot	Flower of three petals with central dot	SNG Cop 842 var (4 petals); SNG Dreer 109.	Text	Image
SNGFitz 463	Dot	Star and A in third section	SNG Fitzwilliam 463	Text	Image
SNG Leake 1702	AG monogram	Torch	SNG Leake 1702; Rollin 2309.	Text	Image
SNG Manchester 776	dot	barley corn	SNG Manchester 776.	Text	Image
TM 2548	dot	Crayfish or crab	TM 2548	Text	Image
Weber 2411	inverted AG monogram dot	Ram's head	Weber 2411 and 2427.	Text	Image
Weber 2414	AG monogram over dot	Plow	Weber 2414; SNG Manchester 775.	Text	Image
Weber 2417	dot	pentagram	Weber 2417; Winterthur 1194.	Text	Image
Weber 2421	dot VE monogram	caduceus	Weber 2421.	Text	Image
Weber 2425	dot over AG monogram (off flan)	Shield with boss	Weber 2425; SNG Fitzwilliam 464.	Text	Image
Weber 2426	A over dot	dot and club	cf BMC Thrace pg. 184, 24; Weber 2426.	Text	Image
Weber 2430	inverted AG monogram over dot	eight-rayed star	Weber 2430.	Text	Image

SECOND SECTION: Other coins of Cherronesos
Dembski 1586	Tauric Chersonesus, Cherronesus, AE Drachm. Gothic, 4th Century AD. Head right / Standing stick figure.	Text	Image
Moushmov 5445	Thrace, Chersonesos, Miltiades II AR Tetradrachm. Circa 495-494 BC. Lion standing right, head left, raising left forepaw, tail curled above / Head of Athena left, in crested Attic helmet & earring, within incuse square.	Text	Image
Moushmov 5454	Thracian Chersonese AE12. ca 330 BC. Lion head left / XEP / POM, barley grain.	Text	Image
SNG Cop 346	Ca. 510-490 BC. Silver tetrobol(?) (2.92 gm). Head & foreleg of roaring lion left / Rough square incuse. SNG Cop. 346; Weber 8567.	Text	Image
Traite 1581	Thracian Chersonese. Autonomous AE Fraction, 1.49 g, 11.48mm. 4th C. BC. Head of Demete facing three-quarters to right, wearing earring and necklace / CER-RO, barley corn, branch to right. Traite 1581; cf: BMC III, 56; Berlin 98; McClean 56; (all without branch); Sear -.	Text	Image
Sear #1350	Thracian Chersonese Archaic AR Diobol. 500-480 BC. Forepart of lion right / crude quadripartite incuse. SNG Berry 500; Weber 2403; BMC Thrace 2.	Text	Obv	Rev
Sear #1607	Thracian Chersonese, Cherronesos, AE10. Head of lion right, roaring / XEP above, PO below, grain of barley. BMC 53.	( 2 entries)
See also:	Barry Murphy's page on Cherronesos' hemidrachms
	Reid Goldsborough Cherronesos lion coins page, including images of ancient and modern counterfeits
	Perseus Project database, coins of Cherronesos
	Entry for Cardia in Moushmov Online
	Entry for Thrace, Cherronesos on the Digital Historia Numorum
	Entries for Kardia, which may be the city where these coins were minted.
	Search for Cherronessus in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
	Search for Cherronessus in the RPC IV (Antonines) database at the Ashmolean Museum
	Search for Cherronesos at AncientImports.com
	Search for Cherronesos at Incitatus Coins

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