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cn coin 47522

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CN Type 20380 🔍

Coinage
 
Mint
Chersonesus Thracica 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 515-493 BC

Archaic/Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Lion's head, left, with open jaws and protruding tongue.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square, divided by two crossed lines.
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Metrology
Denomination
1/4 Hekte 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Weight
0.47 g
Owner

British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 1894,0505.25

Literature

van Alfen, Ambiguities in Monetary Authority: the Archaic Coinages of the Thracian Chersones 77, Berlin p. 156, nr. 65 (E.I.c, 1/24 Stater)  ❐

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cn coin 47522, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_47522 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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