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Hemidrachm - Hymnos
| Issuer | Chersonesos (Taurica) |
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| Year | 210 BC - 200 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing right, the laureate head of Artemis rendered in fine Hellenistic style, her hair elaborately braided and drawn back beneath a wreath of laurel leaves, with loose tresses falling behind the neck. The facial features are delicately modeled, with a refined profile characteristic of late Hellenistic Pontic coinage. The field is plain, with no inscription or additional devices. The overall style reflects the accomplished die-cutting tradition of the Chersonesos mint. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Chersonesos, the Dorian colony founded on the Crimean peninsula around 422 BC, maintained a remarkably stable civic coinage through centuries of pressure from Scythian neighbors and, by the late third century, growing Sarmatian encroachment from the steppe. The magistrate name Hymnos appears on a small cluster of issues from this terminal phase of fully independent civic minting — within a generation, the city would be negotiating with Pontic kings for military protection, ultimately drawing it into the orbit of Mithradates VI.