Dichalkon

Dichalkon - obverseDichalkon - reverse

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Features

Issuer Chersonesos (Thrace)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 350 BC - 300 BC
Value Dichalkon (1⁄24)
Currency Drachm
Composition Bronze
Weight 4.83 g
Diameter 19 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
157297
References Anokhin# 680,
Владилен Афанасьевич Анохин; 2011. Античные монеты Северного Причерноморья = Antique coins of the Northern Black Sea coastal region (2nd edition). Stilos, Kyiv, Ukraine.
SNG BM Black Sea# 742
Martin Jessop Price; 1993. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Great Britain) / Volume 9.1. The British Museum. Part 1 : The Black Sea. British Museum Press, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Artemis Parthenos, holding torch and rein and driving fast quadriga towards the right

Reverse

Hoplite, nude but for conical helmet, crouching left, wearing round shield on left arm and holding spear in right hand, Ξto right; ΧΕΡ below

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΧΕΡ
Ξ

Translation: Cher(sonessos)

Mint

Cherronesus, Tauric Chersonesus, modern-day Sevastopol

Comments

Anokhin, Khersonesa 52.

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ND (350 BC - 300 BC) 

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