cn coin 11838

Mint

Chersonesus Thracica 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

c. 357-320 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse

Design

Forepart of a prancing lion, right, head left.
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Reverse

Design

Quadripartite incuse square; two opposite squares lower.
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Symbol

dot / pellet (position: at the bottom right) Χ (position: at the bottom right) indistinct symbol (position: top left)

Metrology

Denomination

hemidrachm 🔍

Material

silver 🔍

Weight

2.41 g

Owner

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Paris, fr ❐

Provenience: Fonds général 1595

Public Commentary

No type assignable as it is not clear what is in the 2nd square on the back.

Literature

Tzvetkova, The war over the Chersonese. Zur Chronologie und Periodisierung des athenisch-odrysischen Konflikts um die thrakische Chersones, Αθήνα 2007 p. 17-31 ❐

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cn coin 11838, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_11838 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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