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Drachm - Apollonida
| Issuer | Chersonesos (Taurica) |
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| Year | 110 BC - 90 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Turreted head of Artemis facing right, the hair rendered in fine parallel strands swept back beneath a mural crown with multiple battlements. A bow and quiver are visible behind the neck, serving as the goddess's characteristic hunting attributes. The portrait is executed in the Hellenistic style typical of late Pontic civic coinage, with delicate facial features and a slightly stylized treatment of the drapery at the shoulder. The flan is irregular, as is characteristic of hand-struck issues from this mint. |
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| Mint | Chersonesos (Taurica) |
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Apollonida served as a magistrate at Chersonesos during a period when the city was under increasing pressure from the Scythian kingdoms of the northwestern Pontic steppe — pressure severe enough that within decades the city would appeal to Mithridates VI of Pontus for military protection. The magistrate's name appearing on the coinage was standard civic practice at Chersonesos, where rotating officials authorized each issue, making die matches between named series a primary tool for establishing relative chronology.