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Drachm
| Issuer | Kromna (Paphlagonia) |
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| Year | 400 BC - 301 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Bare head of Hera facing left, adorned with an elaborate stephane (ceremonial diadem) decorated with ornamental detail. An aplustre (stylised ship's stern ornament) appears above the head, serving as a distinctive civic symbol of Kromna. A monogram is placed below the chin in the left field. The inscription ΚΡΩΜΝΑ identifies the issuing city, and the composition is characteristic of the Paphlagonian regional coinage tradition of the fourth century BC. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΚΡΩΜΝΑ |
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Kromna was one of several small Paphlagonian towns that Mithridates of Pontus systematically absorbed into his expanding kingdom during the late fourth and early third centuries BC. Its independent coinage, of which this drachm is a product, belongs to a window that closes precisely when that autonomy ends — making the type inherently terminal, with no later civic issues to continue the series.