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Hemidrachm
| Issuer | Cherronesos |
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| Year | 386 BC - 338 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | Α |
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Chersonesos — the Thracian peninsula city, not to be confused with the Crimean settlement of the same name — produced these hemidrachms in enormous volume throughout the fourth century BC, and they circulated so widely across the Aegean and into the Black Sea region that they functioned almost as a regional trade currency. The type is one of the most frequently encountered Greek silver issues in hoards from Bulgaria to Asia Minor.
The incuse reverse quarters are rarely identical, with die-cutters varying the symbols between them — a practice that has generated extensive scholarly cataloguing of symbol combinations as a chronological tool.