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Hemidrachm Dot E/Dot Dolphin
| Issuer | Cherronesos (Thrace) |
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| Year | 357 BC - 320 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a lion depicted in right profile within a circular field, the head dramatically turned back to face left with mouth agape, tongue protruding. The mane is rendered with fine, flowing engraved lines radiating around the powerful neck and shoulders. The musculature of the forelegs and chest is boldly modeled in high relief, characteristic of the accomplished die-cutting tradition of Cherronesos. The composition fills the flan confidently, with the lion's body truncated at the hindquarters by the coin's edge. |
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| Mintage | ND (357 BC - 320 BC) |
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Chersonesos (modern Crimea) issued these fractional silver pieces in enormous quantities throughout the fourth century, functioning as a near-universal trade currency across the Black Sea littoral. The standardized hemidrachm type circulated so widely that it has been recovered from hoards stretching from the Aegean to the northern Pontic steppe — effectively the hard currency of grain merchants supplying Athens during its most grain-dependent decades.
The controlling marks — here a dot flanking the E on one side, a dotted dolphin on the other — served as mint control symbols distinguishing individual emission batches, not separate mints. CN type 6320 places this among dozens of documented control-mark combinations catalogued by Draganov.