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| Issuer | Chersonesos (Taurica) |
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| Year | 380 BC - 370 BC |
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| Weight | 1.76 g |
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| Obverse description | Facing bucranium (ox skull) depicted in full frontal view, rendered in low relief with broad, rounded horns from which decorative fillets hang on either side. The design fills the irregular flan, with the muzzle prominently centered and the brow rendered with characteristic dot ornaments flanking the skull. No legend or inscription appears in the field. |
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| Reverse description | A tunny fish swims left in the upper field, depicted in profile with fins clearly delineated; below it, a club points left. In the exergue, the abbreviated civic ethnic ΧΕΡ is inscribed in archaic Greek characters, denoting Chersonesos. The design is arranged vertically within the compact flan, characteristic of early Chersonesean bronze coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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