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Drachm
| Issuer | Kromna (Paphlagonia) |
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| Year | 400 BC - 301 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Head of Hera facing left, adorned with an elaborate ornate stephanos, a triple-pendant earring, and a pearl necklace, all rendered with careful detail characteristic of Paphlagonian civic coinage. A fish swims left in the upper field above the head. The ΛE monogram appears below the chin, while the ethnic legend KPΩMNA is inscribed vertically to the right of the portrait. The composition fills the flan effectively, with the identifying symbols and inscription firmly attributing the issue to the city of Kromna. |
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| Mintage | ND (400 BC - 301 BC) |
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Kromna was one of several small Paphlagonian coastal cities that exercised brief autonomous coinage rights during the fourth century BC, likely tied to periods when Achaemenid administrative grip loosened following the campaigns of Agesilaus and the instabilities that preceded Macedonian expansion into Asia Minor. The city disappears from the coinage record entirely after the region fell under firm Macedonian and then Bithynian control — making this a type with a hard historical terminus, not merely an approximate one.