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| Issuer | Chersonesos (Taurica) |
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| Year | 210 BC - 200 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Diademed male head in right profile, rendered in Hellenistic style with fine detail to the hair, which is drawn back and secured beneath a diadem. The facial features are well-modelled with a strong jaw and prominent nose. The portrait occupies the full field of the flan, with no surrounding legend or border. |
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| Reverse description | Knotted Heraklean club depicted horizontally in the centre of the field, shown in three-quarter perspective with textured surface detail. Above the club appears the civic abbreviation XEP (for Chersonesos), and below the magistrate's name ΞΕΝΟΚΛΕΟ, identifying the issuing authority. The design is contained within the plain, irregular flan with no border. |
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| Mintage | ND (210 BC - 200 BC) |
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