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AAH 20030724"R" over dot / AG (or A dot) monogram. Unpublished. TextFull Size
AAH 200307282 parallel lines / X. TextFull Size
AAH 20040615Fish left / dot. TextFull Size
Berlin 18 Pineapple / dot over I. Berlin I, 18. TextFull Size
Berlin 20 A over dot / bunch of grapes. Berlin I, 20; Hunterian 2. TextFull Size
Berlin 22Chersonesos, Thrace. Ca 386-338 BC. AR Hemidrachm, 13mm, 2.42 g. Forepart of lion right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters, A, dot and star in three of the quarters. Berlin I, 22; cf Babelon Traite 1563 (fourré).TextFull Size
Berlin 30Fish left / dot over AG monogram. McClean 4094-4095. TextFull Size
Berlin 33dot over AG monogram / fish right TextFull Size
Berlin 34vdot and AG monogram / dot and fish. Berlin I, 34v. TextFull Size
Berlin 35dot AG monogram / ram's head right. Berlin 35; Weber 2411. TextFull Size
Berlin 36Grain ear / AG monogram over dot. Berlin I, 36 TextFull Size
Berlin 38 dot over AG monogram / grain ear on stalk with leaf. Berlin I, 38 TextFull Size
Berlin 49Bee / A. Berlin I, 49 TextFull Size
Berlin 49vThrace, Cherronesos. Circa 400-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.40 gm). Forepart of lion right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse; bee in one quadrant, A over dot in another. Berlin I, 49var (A with dot) TextFull Size
Berlin 50vDot over fish left / E (dot?). Berlin I, 50 var. (Possibly a dolphin, see SNG Cop 829 above). TextFull Size
Berlin 60Thrace, Cherronesos. Circa 400-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.40 gm). Forepart of lion right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse; K dot in one quadrant, dot over star in another. Berlin I, 60. TextFull Size
Berlin 61dot over M / dot. Berlin I, 61. TextFull Size
Berlin 70Thrace, Cherronesos. Circa 400-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm. Forepart of lion right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse; dot VE in one quadrant, dot star in another. Berlin I, 70.TextFull Size
Berlin 85 dot / wreath with ties inwards. Berlin I, 85. TextFull Size
Berlin 87 Caduceus / dot. Berlin I, 87 TextFull Size
Berlin 90 dot VE monogram / amphora. Berlin I, 90; Babelon Traite 1556. TextFull Size
BMC 10Palm branch / dot. BMC Thrace pg. 183, 10; McClean 4081. TextFull Size
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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. Weber 2419, 2434; McClean 4079. TextFull Size
BMC 11vdot / Bunch of grapes inwards. BMC 11 var.TextFull Size
BMC 13Ivy leaf / dot. BMC Thrace 13; McClean 4082-4083; SNG Berry 501. TextFull Size
BMC 13 Dot / Ivy leaf. BMC Thrace pg. 183, 13; McClean 4082-4083; SNG Berry 501. TextFull Size
BMC 19Scallop shell / A over dot. BMC Thrace 19; Weber 2435. TextFull Size
BMC 21Amphora / dot AG monogram. BMC Thrace pg. 184, 21; Weber 2406; McClean 4066; Dewing 1305; SNG Copenhagen 837. TextFull Size
BMC 22AG monogram over dot / two crossed barley corns beside a dot. BMC 22; McClean 4067-4068 TextFull Size
BMC 27Lizard / inverted AG-monogram dot. BMC Thrace pg. 184, 27; SNG Dreer 112. TextFull Size
BMC 28AG monogram / plow. BMC 28; Winterthur 1196; Hunterian 3.TextFull Size
BMC 32-33 Fish left / dot downwards-E. BMC 32-33. TextFull Size
BMC 37 dot / dot / H, BMC 37; McClean 4059; Dewing 3102. TextFull Size
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BMC 39 Amphora / dot VE monogram. BMC Thrace pg. 185, 39; Weber 2423; McClean 4111-4112. TextFull Size
BMC 41 Bee / dot over inverted VE monogram. BMC Thrace pg. 185, 41; Weber 2424; McClean 4114-4116; Sear 1605. TextFull Size
BMC 42Caduceus / dot over V-inverted-Y monogram. cf. BMC Thrace pg. 185, 42; SNG Copenhagen 836. TextFull Size
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BMC 43Pentagram over dot / dot VE monogram. BMC Thrace pg. 185, 43; Weber 2422; SNG Dreer 115; McClean 4071. TextFull Size
BMC 47X / dot. BMC Thrace 47. TextFull Size
BMC 47varCherronesos, Thrace. AE Hemidrachm 2.22 grams, 13.12mm. 480-350 BC. Forepart of roaring lion right, head turned back / Quatripartite incuse square. A and dot in one section, X in another. BMC Thrace, 47 var (no letter); cf Sear 1602-1606.TextFull Size
BMC 48 X over dot / Amphora. BMC 48; McClean 4121; Sear 1606. TextFull Size
BMC 49X over dot / bee. BMC 49.TextFull Size
BMC 50 Forepart of lion right, head turned back / quadripartite incuse square, X over dot in one raised section, caduceus in another. BMC Thrace 50; Weber 2432; McClean 4120. TextFull Size
BMC 51 Forepart of lion right, head turned back / quadripartite incuse square, X over dot in one raised section, lizard in another. BMC 51; McClean 4123. TextFull Size
CNG 245, 54A over dot / dot club. CNG_245-54.TextFull Size
CNG 62933Forepart of lion right, head turned back / Quadripartite incuse; dot K in one quarter, dot over pentagram in another. Not in the usual reference works. TextFull Size
CNG 83133Forepart of lion right, head turned back / quadripartite incuse square, H over dot in one raised section, I in another. Not in the usual reference works. TextFull Size
CNG 730778 var I over dot / pruning hook. TextFull Size
CNG 736957X/ caduceus. CNG 736957; McClean 4120 var (no dot)TextFull Size
CNG 223,10dot / Bull's head. Berlin I, 18. TextFull Size
Dembski 1586 Tauric Chersonesus, Cherronesus, AE Drachm. Gothic, 4th Century AD. Head right / Standing stick figure. TextFull Size
FAC SL28181AG I over dot / dot over sickle. Poss. unpublished. FAC SL28181 TextFull Size
McClean 4067-4068 Grain ear / inverted AG monogram over dot. BMC Thrace pg. 184, 22; McClean 4067-4068. TextFull Size
McClean 4069-4070Pruning hook and dot / dot over I. TextFull Size
McClean 4071Pentagram / VE monogram. BMC Thrace pg. 185, 43; Weber 2422; SNG Dreer 115; McClean 4071. TextFull Size
McClean 4072 Barley corn / dot VE monogram. McClean 4072. TextFull Size
McClean 4072 varPentagram / dot VE monogram. McClean 4072 var. TextFull Size
McClean 4073dot / four-petalled flower or rosette. Weber 2433; McClean 4073. TextFull Size
McClean 4075Dot / Rose. McClean 4075. TextFull Size
McClean 4078dot / Omphalos or garlanded pileus. McClean 4078. TextFull Size
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McClean 4080 dot / Swastika. McClean 4080; Berlin 88. TextFull Size
McClean 4084Cherronesus, Thrace. Hemidrachm. AR 13mm; 2.38g. Forepart of lion right, looking left / quadripartite incuse square with dot in one section and ear of corn in another. McClean 4084. TextFull Size
McClean 4090Bee / dot over inverted AG monogram. Weber 2409 and 2428; McClean 4090; SNG Copenhagen 832. TextFull Size
McClean 4091Bucranium / H over dot. McClean 4091. TextFull Size
McClean 4091 var X over dot / bucranium. McClean 4091 var. TextFull Size
McClean 4093 Cicada / inverted AG monogram over dot. McClean 4093; SNG Berry 503.Text
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McClean 4094-4095 Fish upright / dot over AG monogram. McClean 4094-4095. TextFull Size
McClean 4098LEB monogram dot / amphora. McClean 4098.TextFull Size
cf McClean 4099 Bee / dot E. Possibly McClean 4099. TextFull Size
McClean 4103Barley corn with two leaves / E and dot. Weber 2429; McClean 4103. TextFull Size
McClean 4103 (2)Barley corn / E dot. Weber 2429; McClean 4103. TextFull Size
McClean 4103vCherronesos, Thrace. AR Hemidrachm 2.17 grams, 12.80mm. Forepart of roaring lion right, head turned back / Quatripartite incuse square. Dot over X in one section, barley corn inwards in another. McClean 4103 var (dot over E); cf Sear 1602-1606.TextFull Size
McClean 4104Cherronesos, Thrace. AR Hemidrachm. 2.07 gr, 12.92mm. ca. 400-350 BC. Forepart of roaring lion right, head turned back / quadripartite incuse square, H in one section, bucranium facing in another. McClean 4104; cf Sear 1602-1606.TextFull Size
McClean 4107 Starburst of eight rays / I over dot. McClean 4107. TextFull Size
McClean 4107 var dot I / Starburst of eight rays. McClean 4107 var (position of dot). TextFull Size
McClean 4108dot over HP monogram / olive leaf and berry. McClean 4108; SNG Copenhagen 828; SNG Leake 1706.TextFull Size
McClean 4114-4116Bee / dot over E. BMC Thrace pg. 185, 41; Weber 2424; McClean 4114-4116; Sear 1605. TextFull Size
McClean 4120Thrace, Cherronesus. 400 – 350 BC. AR Hemidrachm. 2.39g. Forepart of a lion right, head left / Quadrapartite incuse with dot over X and caduceus in the shallower depressions. McClean 4120, BMC 50.TextFull Size
McClean 4122dot X / amphora. McClean 4122; Sear 1606; Berlin 75.TextFull Size
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M&M 30, 108-109 Bee / dot V-inverted-Y monogram dot. M&M 30, 108-109. TextFull Size
MS 3472Thracian Chersonese AR Hemidrachm. 480-350 BC. Forepart of lion right, head reverted / quadripartite incuse with symbols in deeper quadrants: dot pentagram / dot racetorch. TextFull Size
MS 5082Dot over LBE monogram facing upward / wreath(?). Unpublished. Museum Surplus 5082. TextFull Size
MS 6351Tunny fish right below dot / dot (above leaf?). TextFull Size
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. TextFull Size
Moushmov 5454 Thracian Chersonese AE12. ca 330 BC. Lion head left / XEP / POM, barley grain. TextFull Size
SNGBerry 502dot / crested helmet. SNGBerry 502.TextFull Size
SNGCop 346Thracian Chersonese. Cherronesus. Ca. 510-490 BC. Silver tetrobol(?) (2.92 gm). Head & foreleg of roaring lion left / Rough square incuse. SNG Cop. 346; Weber 8567. TextFull Size
SNG Cop 826 AG monogram over dot / dot. SNG Cop 826; McClean 4060; SNG von Post 76; Berlin I 25. TextFull Size
SNGCop 826 varThracian Chersonese, Cherronesos, AR Hemidrachm. Lion / dot over AG monogram / dot. SNG Cop 826 var; McClean 4060 var etc (position of dot). TextFull Size
SNG Cop 828var HP monogram (inverted) over dot / dot. McClean 4108 var; SNG Cop 828var TextFull Size
SNG Cop 829dot E / Dot over dolphin left. BMC Thrace pg. 185, 31; Weber 2413. TextFull Size
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Dolphin left over dot / E dot. BMC Thrace, 31; Weber 2413. (Note: the dots are in reverse order to the coin above) TextFull Size
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SNGCop 830Thracian Chersonese, Cherronesos, AR Hemidrachm. Lion / dot VE monogram & lizard. Weber 2415; McClean 4117-4118. TextFull Size
SNGCop 833Thrace, Cherronesos. Circa 400-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.40 gm). Forepart of lion right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse; dot and bee in two quadrants. McClean 4100. TextFull Size
SNGCop 834Thracian Chersonese, Cherronesos, AR Hemidrachm. Lion / dot over X and bee. BMC Thrace 49. TextFull Size
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SNGCop 835Thracian Chersonese AR Hemidrachm. Lion / I over dot and grain ear. Weber 2410; Dewing 1303. TextFull Size
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SNGCop 836Chersonese, Thrace, AR hemidrachm. Forepart of lion right, head turned. / Quadripartite incuse square, dot VE-monogram and caduceus in sunken quarters. Weber 2421. TextFull Size
SNGCop 839Thracian Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Lion / I / dot over ladle or fish. TextFull Size
SNGCop 841Thracian Chersonese, Cherronesos, AR Hemidrachm. Lion / Flower with nine petals & A over dot. BMC Thrace pg. 184, 20. TextFull Size
SNGCop 842Thracian Chersonese AR Hemidrachm. Lion / Flower of four petals with stem & dot. Weber 2433; McClean 4073. TextFull Size
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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 & dot. McClean 4076. TextFull Size
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SNG Dreer 107 I over dot / dot. TextFull Size
SNG Dreer 109Florette of three petals with central pellet / dot. SNG Cop 842 var (4 petals); SNG Dreer 109. TextFull Size
SNGFitz 463Thrace, Cherronesos. Circa 386-338 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 2.42 gm). Forepart of lion right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse; dot, star and A in three of the quadrants. SNG Fitzwilliam 463. TextFull Size
SNG Leake 1702Torch / AG monogram. SNG Leake 1702; Rollin 2309. TextFull Size
SNG Manchester 776dot / barley corn. SNG Manchester 776. TextFull Size
TM 2548Crayfish or Crab / dot. Unpublished. TextFull Size
Weber 2411 Ram head / inverted AG monogram dot. Weber 2411 and 2427. TextFull Size
Weber 2414 Plow / AG monogram over dot. Weber 2414; SNG Manchester 775. TextFull Size
Weber 2417dot / pentagram. Weber 2417; Winterthur 1194. TextFull Size
Weber 2421 Quadripartite incuse; caduceus in one quarter, dot VE monogram in another. Weber 2421.TextFull Size
Weber 2425 Shield with boss / dot over AG monogram (off flan). Weber 2425; SNG Fitzwilliam 464 TextFull Size
Weber 2426 dot and club / A over globe. cf BMC Thrace pg. 184, 24; Weber 2426. TextFull Size
Weber 2430 Star of eight rays / inverted AG monogram over dot. Weber 2430. TextFull Size
Traite 1581Thracian Chersonese. Autonomous AE Fraction, 1.49 g, 11.48mm. 4th C. BC. Head of Demeter, three-quarters facing to right, wearing earring and necklace / CER-RO, barley corn, branch to right. Traité 1581; cf: BMC III, 56; Berlin 98; McClean 56; (all without branch); Sear -.TextFull Size
Sear #1350Thracian Chersonese Archaic AR Diobol. 500-480 BC. Forepart of lion right / crude quadripartite incuse. SNG Berry 500; Weber 2403; BMC Thrace 2.ObverseReverse
Sear #1602Thracian Chersonese, Cherronesos, AR hemidrachm. 480-350 BC. Forepart of lion right, head turned back / quadripartite incuse square, a dot in each of the two sunken quarters. SNGCop 824, BMC 8.ObverseReverse
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 dot in the sunken quarters. BMC 18.
Sear #1604Thracian Chersonese, Cherronesos AR Hemidrachm. 400-350 BC. Forepart of lion right, head turned back / quadripartite incuse with dot over helmet and AG monogram in the sunken quarters. BMC 25.
Sear #1605Thracian Chersonese, Cherronesos AR Hemidrachm. 400-350 BC. Forepart of lion right, head turned back / quadripartite incuse with a bee and dot VE monogram in the sunken quarters. BMC 41.
Sear #1606Thracian Chersonese, Cherronesos AR Hemidrachm. 400-350 BC. Forepart of lion right, head turned back / quadripartite incuse with an amphora and X dot in the sunken quarters. BMC 48.
Sear #1607Thracian Chersonese, Cherronesos, AE10. Head of lion right, roaring / XEP above, PO below, grain of barley. BMC 53.
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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