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| Issuer | Chersonesos (Taurica) |
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| Year | 95-96 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of a female figure facing left, hair rendered in fine curls with ribbons falling behind the neck. A sceptre (or thyrsus) appears in the field before the bust. The Greek civic legend XEPCO-[NH]CEITωN (of the Chersonesites) is inscribed around the bust in the field. The style is characteristic of late Hellenistic Pontic coinage, with a naturalistic portrait of high relief executed in hammered gold. |
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| Obverse lettering | XEPCO-[NH]CEITωN (Translation: Chersonesos) |
| Reverse description | Artemis, the patron goddess of Chersonesos, depicted advancing to the right in dynamic striding pose. She holds a bow in her extended left hand and an arrow, while her raised right hand prepares to cast a spear aloft. A monogram appears to the left in the field. The date letters PI-Θ (= year 119 of the Pontic era, corresponding to 95–96 CE) are inscribed across the lower field, serving as a chronological indicator standard to Chersonesean gold coinage of this period. |
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