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AV20 - Trajan ΜΡ Ε
| Issuer | Chersonesus (Bosporus) (Northern Black Sea) |
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| Year | 121 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The Maiden (Parthenos), patron deity of Tauric Chersonesus, standing left in a dynamic pose, holding a bow in her raised right hand and a long spear in her left; she wears a crown and short chiton. A monogram composed of the letters ΜΡ is inscribed in a box in the left field, and the letter Ε appears in the right field. The design is enclosed within a dotted border, and the overall style reflects the local Chersonesean coinage tradition. |
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| Mint | Chersonesus, Tauric Chersonesus, modern-day Sevastopol, Ukraine |
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Chersonesus — not to be confused with the Bosporan Kingdom proper — occupied an awkward position under Hadrian, who had just reorganized Roman client relationships across the Black Sea littoral following Trajan's death in 117 AD. The regnal year ΜΡ Ε (year 845 of the Pontic Era) places this issue precisely at that transitional moment, when local dynastic authority was being renegotiated under Roman supervision. Gold issues from Chersonesus are rare at any date; those bridging the Trajan-to-Hadrian transition carry that specific documentary weight.