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Ancient Coinage of Thrace, Cherronesos


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AE9Cherronesos AE9. Forepart of lion right, head looking back / XEP, forepart of bull right. TextImage
BMC 11Thracian Chersonese AR hemidrachm. 480-350 BC. Forepart of lion right, head turned back / Quadripartite incuse square, pellet and bunch of grapes in sunken quarters. TextObvRev
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Dembski_1586Tauric Chersonesus, Cherronesus, AE Drachm. Gothic, 4th Century AD. Head right / Standing stick figure. TextObvRev
Moushmov 5445Thrace, 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. TextImage
Moushmov 5454Thracian Chersonese AE12. ca 330 BC. Lion head left / XEP / POM, barley grain. TextImage
SNGCop 346TAURIC CHERSONESUS. Cherronesus. Ca. 510-490 BC. Silver tetrobol(?) (2.92 gm). Head & foreleg of roaring lion left / Rough square incuse. SNG Copenhagen Cyprus, etc., 346. Weber 8567. TextImage
SNGCop 826Thracian Chersonese, Cherronesos, AR Hemidrachm. Lion / inverted AG monogram over pellet & pellet. TextImage
SNGCop 830Thracian Chersonese, Cherronesos, AR Hemidrachm. Lion / • VE monogram & lizard. TextImage
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SNGCop 833Thrace, Cherronesos. Circa 400-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.40 gm). Forepart of lion right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse; bee in one quadrant. TextImage
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SNGCop 834Thracian Chersonese, Cherronesos, AR Hemidrachm. Lion / Bee & • over X. TextImage
SNGCop 835Thracian Chersonese AR Hemidrachm. Lion / Grain ear & I over •. TextImage
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SNGCop 836Chersonese, Thrace, AR hemidrachm. Forepart of lion right, head turned. / Quadripartite incuse square, caduceus & • VE-monogram in sunken quarters. TextImage
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SNGCop 839Thracian Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Lion / I over pellet & fish(?). TextImage
SNGCop 841Thracian Chersonese, Cherronesos, AR Hemidrachm. Lion / Florette with nine petals & A over •. TextImage
SNGCop 842Thracian Chersonese AR Hemidrachm. Lion / Florette of four petals with stem & •. TextImage
SNGCop 843Thracian Chersonese, Cherronesos, AR Hemidrachm. ca 400-350 BC. Forepart of lion right, head looking back / quadripartite incuse square, the two deeper quadrants with wreath & globule. McClean 4076. TextImage
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hemidrachm AG• over AG monogram / blank(?) TextImage
hemidrachm E• over E / ?. TextImage
hemidrachm H• / • / H on upraised quadrant. TextObvRev
hemidrachm HPHP monogram (inverted) over • / •. TextObvRev
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hemidrachm I-aI over • / •. TextImage
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hemidrachm I-xI over • / ?. TextImage
hemidrachm LBE• over LBE monogram facing upward / wreath(?). TextImage
hemidrachm R"R" over • / AG monogram. TextImage
hemidrachm ThetaQ / ? TextImage
hemidrachm WSideways S over • / ? TextImage
hemidrachm XX / •. TextImage
hemidrachm amphora-aAmphora / inverted AG monogram • TextImage
hemidrachm amphora-bAmphora / X over • TextImage
hemidrachm amphora-cAmphora / • VE monogram. TextImage
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hemidrachm bee-aBee / inverted A. TextImage
hemidrachm bee-bBee / • over inverted VE monogram. TextImage
hemidrachm bee-cBee / • V-inverted-Y monogram •. TextImage
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hemidrachm bee-dBee / • over sideways E or VE monogram. TextImage
hemidrachm bee-eBee / • over inverted AG monogram. TextImage
hemidrachm bee-fBee / • E TextImage
hemidrachm bird-aBird / AG monogram over •. TextImage
hemidrachm bird-bBird / S over •. TextObvRev
hemidrachm bird-cBird / • over I. TextImage
hemidrachm bucranium-aBucranium (inverted) / HP monogram over •. TextImage
hemidrachm bucranium-bBucranium / X (over •?) TextImage
hemidrachm caduceus-aCaduceus / •. TextImage
hemidrachm caduceus-bCaduceus / • over V-inverted-Y monogram. TextImage
hemidrachm cicadaCicada / inverted AG monogram over •. TextImage
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hemidrachm club• Club of Hercules / A over globe. TextImage
hemidrachm crabCrab / •. TextImage
hemidrachm cupCup (or pileus cap?) with ribbon tied around it / •. TextImage
hemidrachm dolphinDolphin left below • / • above E facing down. TextImage
hemidrachm fish-aFish left below • / LE monogram facing downward. TextImage
hemidrachm fish-bTunny fish right below • / globe (above leaf?). TextImage
hemidrachm fish-cFish left / •. TextImage
hemidrachm fish-dFish left / • downwards-E. TextObvRev
hemidrachm fish-eFish upright / • over AG monogram. TextImage
hemidrachm fish-fFish left / • over AG monogram. TextImage
hemidrachm floretteFlorette of three petals with central pellet / •. SNG Cop 842 var (4 petals). TextImage
hemidrachm grainEar-aGrain ear / inverted AG monogram over •. TextImage
hemidrachm grainEar-bGrain ear / AG monogram over •. TextObvRev
hemidrachm grainEar-cGrain ear / VE monogram over globe. TextImage
hemidrachm helmet~U over helmet / • over I. TextImage
hemidrachm ivyIvy leaf / •. TextImage
hemidrachm leafLeaf / • over (AG?) monogram. TextImage
hemidrachm lines2 parallel lines / X. TextImage
hemidrachm lizard-aLizard / inverted AG-monogram •. TextImage
hemidrachm palmPalm branch / •. TextImage
hemidrachm pentagram-aPentagram / VE monogram. TextImage
hemidrachm pentagram-bPentagram / •VE monogram. TextImage
hemidrachm pentagram-cPentagram over • / •VE monogram. TextImage
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hemidrachm pentagram-dThracian Chersonese AR Hemidrachm. 480-350 BC. Forepart of lion right, head reverted / quadripartite incuse with symbols in deeper quadrants: • pentagram / • racetorch. TextImage
hemidrachm pentagram-xPentagram over • / ?. TextImage
hemidrachm plow-aPlow / AG monogram over •. TextImage
hemidrachm plow-bPlow / wreath. TextImage
hemidrachm ramHeadRam head / inverted AG monogram •. TextImage
hemidrachm seedHeart-shaped, bilobe (silphium?) seed / pellet. [Possibly the same type labeled an ivy leaf, see above.] TextImage
hemidrachm shellScallop shell / A over •. TextImage
hemidrachm starburst-aStarburst of eight rays / inverted AG monogram over •. TextImage
hemidrachm starburst-bStarburst of eight rays / I over •. TextImage
hemidrachm swastikaSwastika / •. TextImage
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hemidrachm torchTorch / AG monogram. TextImage
Sear #1350Thracian Chersonese Archaic AR Diobol. 500-480 BC. Forepart of lion right / crude quadripartite incuse. TextObvRev
Sear #1602Thracian Chersonese, Cherronesos, AR hemidrachm. 480-350 BC. Forepart of lion right, head turned back / quadripartite incuse square, a pellet in each of the two sunken quarters. SNGCop 824, BMC 8.
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Sear #1603Thracian Chersonese, Cherronesos AR Hemidrachm. 400-350 BC. Forepart of lion right, head turned back / quadripartite incuse with bunch of grapes and A over • in the sunken quarters. BMC 18.
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Sear #1604Thracian Chersonese, Cherronesos AR Hemidrachm. 400-350 BC. Forepart of lion right, head turned back / quadripartite incuse with • over helmet and AG monogram in the sunken quarters. BMC 25.
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Sear #1605Thracian Chersonese, Cherronesos AR Hemidrachm. 400-350 BC. Forepart of lion right, head turned back / quadripartite incuse with a bee and • VE monogram in the sunken quarters. BMC 41.
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Sear #1606Thracian Chersonese, Cherronesos AR Hemidrachm. 400-350 BC. Forepart of lion right, head turned back / quadripartite incuse with an amphora and X• in the sunken quarters. BMC 48. TextImage
Sear #1607Thracian Chersonese, Cherronesos, AE10. Head of lion right, roaring / XEP above, PO below, grain of barley. BMC 53.
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See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Cherronesos
Entry for Cardia in Moushmov Online
Search for Thrace, Cherronesos at CoinArchives.com
Entry for Thrace, Cherronesos on the Digital Historia Numorum
Entry for Thrace, Cherronesos on the Digital Historia Numorum
Entries for Kardia, which may be the city where these coins were minted.
Barry Murphy's page on Cherronesos' hemidrachms
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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