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Hemidrachm - Menestratos
| Issuer | Chersonesos (Taurica) |
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| Year | 210 BC - 200 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Artemis facing right, rendered in fine Hellenistic style with carefully detailed hair swept back beneath a laurel wreath. A bow and quiver are visible behind the neck, serving as the goddess's identifying attributes. A star device appears in the lower left field. The portrait exhibits confident die engraving characteristic of Chersonesian civic coinage of the late third century BC. |
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| Reverse description | A strung bow and arrow depicted horizontally across the central field, with a quiver rendered below, evoking the hunting attributes of Artemis. The magistrate's name abbreviation ΜΕΝΕΣΤΡ is inscribed above the devices, and the civic ethnic ΧΕΡ appears below, identifying the issuing city of Chersonesos. The design is bold and schematic, typical of the civic coinage of Tauric Chersonesos in the Hellenistic period. |
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| Mintage | ND (210 BC - 200 BC) |
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