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Hemidrachm
| Issuer | Cherronesos |
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| Year | 386 BC - 338 BC |
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| Value | Hemidrachm (1/2) |
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| Reverse description | Quadripartite incuse square divided by a raised linear cross into four equal compartments, two of which are left plain while the remaining two contain symbolic devices: a stylized floral or leaf motif in the upper left quarter, and a pellet together with a recumbent archaic letter (lunate epsilon or comparable symbol) in the lower right quarter. The alternating incuse and relief treatment of the quarters is characteristic of the standard reverse type of Chersonesos hemidrachms throughout the 4th century BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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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 quantities over roughly five decades, making them one of the most widely circulated silver fractions in the northern Aegean. Their ubiquity in hoards from Bulgaria to western Turkey suggests they functioned as a regional fractional currency well beyond the city's immediate sphere. The type was imitated so frequently by neighboring mints that distinguishing genuine Chersonesean strikes from contemporaneous copies remains a persistent attribution problem, even with the McClean and Copenhagen references to anchor the series.