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Æ - Commodus
| Issuer | Chersonesos (Taurica) |
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| Year | 177-192 |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Standing female figure, identified as Parthenos, depicted facing with head turned to the right, wearing a kalathos on her head and long robes. She holds a spear in her right hand and a bow in her left, emblematic of the city's divine protectress. A stag stands at her feet to the left, a traditional attribute of the goddess. The numeral Δ (4) appears in the left field, serving as a denomination or series mark. The legend EΛEΥΘEΡΑϹ in the field identifies the reverse type as relating to the free city's protective deity. |
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Chersonesos — the Greek colony on the southwestern tip of Crimea — maintained a striking autonomy throughout the Roman imperial period, issuing its own civic bronze long after most Black Sea cities had subordinated their coinage to imperial authority. These pieces were produced under Commodus not as imperially sanctioned issues but as local civic bronze, with the emperor's reign providing a chronological anchor rather than a political mandate. The city's calendar era and its fierce civic pride are well-documented in the epigraphic record from the site.