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Hemidrachm Dot BE Monogram/Bee
| Issuer | Cherronesos (Thrace) |
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| Year | 357 BC - 320 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | Quadripartite incuse square divided into four rectangular compartments by a raised linear cross, a standard feature of early Thracian Greek coinage. In the upper-left quarter appears the Greek monogram BE accompanied by a dot or pellet below it. In the lower-right quarter a bee is depicted in relief, serving as a secondary control symbol. The remaining two quarters are left plain and deeply recessed, typical of the hammered incuse technique employed at Chersonesus. |
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| Mint | Chersonesus, Thrace, Turkey |
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Chersonesos hemidrachms are among the most widely distributed Greek silver coins of the fourth century, found in hoards from the Black Sea coast to the Levant — a direct reflection of the city's position controlling grain traffic through the Thracian Chersonese. The dot and BE monogram combination with bee reverse symbol is a control mark pairing documented in the McClean and Berlin collections, used to track individual dies or officinae within what was a remarkably prolific and standardized civic coinage.
The type circulated so freely across the Aegean world that it was frequently imitated, particularly in Thrace and along the Pontic coast.