The Ancient Coinage of Chersonese

Listed by Moushmov Number

Including additional items for this online edition, with numbers in italics.

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	THRACIAN CHERSONESOS
	(circa 480 – 350 B.C.)
	Peninsula close to the straits of the Dardanelles.
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	Autonomous coins. Silver.
5443	Lion’s head left. Rev. : Concave square devided equally into 4 parts, and in one of the parts – dot. 6 mm. 0.17 gr .
5444	Front part of a lion, right. Rev. : Concave square devided into 4 parts. 18 mm.
5445	Athena’s head, right. Rev. : Lion standing right with head turned; left foreleg raised. 25 mm. Plate LII. 18.
	Thrace, Chersonesos, Miltiades II AR Tetradrachm. Circa 495-494 BC. Lion standing right, head left, raising left forepaw, tail curled above / Head of Athena left, in crested Attic helmet & earring, within incuse square.
Please see The Wildwinds Cherronesus pagefor examples of many different variations of the following type:
5446	Front part of a lion, right, head turned. Rev. : Concave surface divided into 4 parts, of which 2 lowered and 2 raised; in the lowered parts can be (amongst others): dots, leaf, lizard, monogram, star, flower, eagle’s head, corn-ear, cup, bunch of grapes, bee, fish, dolphin, club, acorn, palm, caduceus, laurel branch, lantern, torch, wreath etc. Plate XXXIV, 11, 13 and 14. Table LII, 19.
	Thracian Chersonese AR hemidrachm. 480-350 BC. Forepart of lion right, head turned back / Quadripartite incuse square, pellet and bunch of grapes in sunken quarters.
5447	Lion’s head with wide opened mouth and tongue hanging out, left, dotted mane. Rev. : Concave square with rosette within. 10 mm. Plate XXXIV, 12.
5448	Lion advancing right with head turned and wide opened mouth; left foreleg raised. Rev. : XEP. Athena’s helmeted head left, with necklace of pearls and earring, within concave square. 26 mm. Plate LII, 17.
5449	Lion’s head with wide opened mouth, right. Rev. : Concave square divided into 4 sections, dot in each section. 6 mm. Plate XXXIV, 16.
5450	Lion walking right. Rev. : XEP. Grain of barley. 9 mm. Plate XXXIV, 15.
5451	Lion’s head with open jaws, right. Rev. : Ear of barley. 15 mm.
5452	Helmeted head of Athena right. Rev. : XEP. Prow. 15 mm. Plate XXXIV, 10.
5453	(Obverse is worn away). Rev. : XEP or XEPPO. Grain of barley. 10 mm.
5454	Lion’s head with wide opened mouth, left. Rev. : XEPPON or XEPPOM. Grain of barley. 12 mm.
	Thracian Chersonese AE12. ca 330 BC. Lion's head left / XEP / POM, Grain of barley.
5455	Woman’s head; her hair tied with ribbon. Rev. : XEP. Vase with two handles; grain of barley below. 15 mm.
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	See also WildWinds' Cherronesos page
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	ALOPECONNESOS
	(near 300 B.C.) city of Thracian Chersones.
	Autonomous bronze coins.
5456	Woman’s head right with wreath of corn-ears. Rev. : AΛΩ AΛΩΠEKON. Vase with two handles and bunch of grapes in field; sometimes below – grain of barley. 13 – 16 mm. Plate XXXIII, 2.
5457	Helmeted, unbearded head. Rev. : AΛΩΠEKON. Bunch of grapes. 15 mm.
5458	Dionysos’s head with ivy-wreath. Rev. : Cup with 2 two handles; small bunch of grapes to right. 18 mm. AΛΩ. Plate XXXIII, 1.
	Thrace, Alopeconnesus AE18. ca 4th century BC. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / A-L-W, kantharos, bunch of grapes to lower right. SNG Cop 857cf, BMC 1.
5459	Same obverse. Rev. : A cup; fox right in field.
	Thracian Chersonese, Alopeconnesos AE21. 3rd century BC. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / A-L-W, kantharos, grapes in lower left, fox advancing right in lower right field. BMC 2.
5460	AΛΩΠEK…Head of Dionysos Indian. Rev. : AΛΩΠEKON. Cup between fox and bunch of grapes.
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	See also WildWinds' Alopeconnesus page
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	AEGOSPOTAMI
	(about 400 B.C.) City of Thracian Chersones. Autonomous bronze coins.
5461	Woman’s head left, with earrings and necklace of pearls, and with tidy hair, wearing stephane or tiara. Rev. : AIΓΟΣ ΠΟ. Horse advancing left; crab below.
5462	The same, but without crab.
5463	Same obverse. Rev. : AIΓΟΣ ΠΟ. Goat left. Plate XXXIII, 4.
5463A	RPC 1738A. Thracian Chersonese, Aegospotami AE18. Time of Augustus. Bust of Nike right / AI-O/P, palm branch.
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	ELAEOS
	(about 350 – 281 B.C.) City of Thracian Chersones (now Eles-Burun).
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	Autonomous coins. Silver.
5465	Woman’s head (Tyche?) left, with turreted crown. Rev. : EΛEOYΣ. Owl facing, wings spread; sceptre in right field. 18 mm. Plate XXXIII, 5.
5466	Woman’s head left. Rev. : Owl standing, wings spread. 14 mm. Plate XXXIII, 6.
	Bronze.
5467	Head of Herakles right. Rev. : EΛEOYΣ. Owl standing, wings spread. 18 mm.
5468	Prow right. Rev. : EΛAIOYΣIΩN EΛAI within laurel wreath.
5469	The same obverse. Rev. : EΛAI within laurel wreath. 20 mm.
5470	Helmeted head of Athena right. Rev. : EΛAIOYΣIΩN. Owl standing right, wings closed, monogram below. 15 mm.
5471	Bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver on shoulder. Rev. : EΛAIOYΣIΩN. Bee; A below. 17 mm.
5472	Woman’s veiled and diademed head right. Rev. : YOIAΛE. Bee, N below. 13 mm. ΣΙΩΝ.
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	Imperial bronze coins.
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	Commodus (176 – 192 A.D.)
	Obv: A KAI KOMOΔOC.
	- AYTOKPATΩP KOMOΔOC.
	- (KOMO)ΔOC KAIC AYTOK. His head or bust.
	Rev: EΛAIOYCIΩN.
	- APTEMIC EΛAIOYCIΩN.
5473	Legend in 4 lines within laurel wreath. 18 mm.
5474	Soldier, helmeted, standing on prow with deer's head prow decoration, holding transverse spear; mid-area of prow is decorated with fish and the head of a wild boar. 27 mm.
5475	Artemis standing facing, head turned right; right hand extended, holding pig (?stag?) by one of its hindlegs in left hand; all within laurel wreath. 26 mm.
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	CARDIA
	(about 350 – 309 B.C.) City of Thracian Chersones.
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	Autonomous coins. Silver.
5476	Bearded head right within concave square. Rev. : Heart or ivy leaf. 9 mm.
5477	Winged figure within concave square. Rev. : Heart or ivy leaf. 13 mm.
5478	Two hearts or ivy leaves one beside the other. Rev. : Oblong square, concave and irregular. 13 mm.
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	Bronze.
5479	Demeter’s head with wreath of corn-ears, left. Rev. : KAPΔIA or KAPΔIANON. Lion left; bunch of grapes above, grain of barley below. Plate XXXIII, 9.
	Thracian Chersones, Kardia AE18. 4th century BC. Head of Persephone left, wreathed with corn-ears / KAPDIA, lion standing left, breaking spear in its mouth.
5480	The same image. Rev. : KAPΔIA. Dolphin and grain of barley.
5481	Woman’s head left. Rev. : KAPΔIA. Horse grazing right.
5482	Ox or bull advancing right. Rev. : KAPΔIA. Grain of barley within square made from lines.
5483	Lion running left. Rev. : KAPΔIA. Grain of barley, all within square. Plate XXXIII, 11.
5484	Ram standing. Rev. : KAPΔIA. Grain of barley, all within square.
5485	Persephones’s head left, wearing wreath of corn-ears and long earrings, left. Rev. : KAPΔIA. Lion left; below – barley grain or corn-ear.
5486	Other – similar; below – grain of barley and cart.
5487	Head of Artemis or Demeter. Rev. : KAPΔIA. Heart or ivy leaf.
5488	Persephones’s head with wreath of corn-ears. Rev. : KAPΔIA. Lion left, head turned; below – grain of barley. Plate XXXIII, 8.
5489	Zeus’s bearded head right. Rev. : KAPΔIA. Ear of corn.
5490	Demeter’s head right, wearing wreath of corn-ears, right. Rev. : KAPΔIANΩN. forepart of lion, left; below – grain of barley. Plate XXXIII, 12.
5491	Same obverse. Rev. : KAPΔIA. Grain of barley. Plate XXXIII, 13.
5492	Lion’s head right. Rev. : Corn-ear or grain of barley. Plate XXXIII, 10.
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	Alexander The Great (336 – 323 B.C.) Silver.
5493	Herakles’s head right, wearing lion’s skin, right. Rev. : AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus half-naked seated left, holding eagle and sceptre. In the field lion’s head and B or Φ, monograms and star beneath the throne. 18 mm. Note that there are a large number of varieties with different symbols and monograms in the field. Please check the wildwinds page of Alexander III.. Plate XXXIII, 7.
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	See also WildWinds' Kardia page
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	CRITHOTE
	(about 350 – 281 B.C.) City of Thracian Chersones.
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	Autonomous bronze coins.
5494	Laureate head of Apollo facing. Rev. : KPIΘOΣIΩN. wreath of corn and barley corn within. 21 mm.
5495	The same head of Apollo. Rev. : KPI. Grain of barley. 13 mm.
5496	Athena’s helmeted head left. Rv. : Laurel wreath and within grain of barley. Sometimes with legend KPI. 11 mm. Plate XXXIII, 14.
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	LYSIMACHIA
	(about 309 – 220 B.C.) City of Thracian Chersones.
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	Autonomous coins. Silver.
5497	Athena’s helmeted head, right. Rev. : Lion’s head with open mouth, right. 11 mm.
5498	The same obverse. Rev. : Lion’s head with open mouth, left. 11 mm.
5498A	Head of Apollo / horse and rider rightThrace, Lysimachia AR Triobol. 306-301 BC. Head of Apollo right / LY, horse and rider right.
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	Bronze.
5499	Herakles’s head right, wearing lion’s skin. Rev. : ΛYΣIMAXEΩN. Nike standing, holding wreath. Monograms.
	Thrace, Lysimachia AE18. 309-220 BC. Head of Herakles right / LUSIMACEWN, Nike standing facing, head left, holding wreath. BMC 5, SNG Cop 914.
5500	Laureate head of Apollo right. Rev. : ΛYΣIMA. Lion recumbent right; E above, monogram below.
5501	Laureate, turreted head right. Rev. : AYΣIMA. Lion sitting right. Plate XXXIII, 18.
	Thrace, Lysimachia AE19. 309-220 BC. Head of Tyche right / LUSIMACEWN, lion sitting right. cf SNG Cop 909.
5502	Lion’s head right. Rev. : ΛYΣI. Ear of corn. Plate XXXIII, 17 and 19.
5503	Woman’s head right. Rev. : ΛYΣIMAXEΩN within laurel wreath.
5504	Diademed head of Lysimachia right. Rev. : ΛYΣIMAXEΩN. Lion running right; In the field – monogram.
5505	Head of Lysimachia right, covered with lion’s skin; countermark below. Rev. : ΛYΣIMAXEΩN. Artemis with quiver on shoulder advancing right, holding torch. Plate XXXIII, 15.
5506	Woman’s diademed head left. Rev. : ΛYΣI. Lion’s head facing.
5507	Laureate head of Apollo right. Rev. : ΛYΣI. Panther left, head turned.
5508	Unbearded head facing; monogram and N in field. Rev. : ΛYΣI. Horseman galloping right, holding spear in right hand.
5509	Helmeted head of Athena right. Rev. : ΛYΣIMAXEΩN. Lion advancing right, two monograms in fields.
5510	Laureate head of Apollo right. Rev. : ΛYΣIMAXEΩN. Lion sitting right, monograms in field.
5511	Herakles’s head with lion’s skin, right. Rev. : ΛYΣIMAXEΩN. Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm; two monograms in fields. Plate XXXIII, 16.
5512	The same obverse. Rev. : ΛYΣIMAXEΩN. Artemis in short chiton with quiver at shoulder, advancing right; holding torches in both hands.
5513	The same obverse, but with countermark of lion’s head. Rev. : ΛYΣIMAXEΩN. Proserpina or Demeter advancing right, holding torch in each hand.
5514	Woman’s veiled head (Demeter?). Rev. : ΛYΣIMAXEΩN. Nike advancing, holding wreath.
5515	Demeter’s veiled head with wreath of corn. Rev. : ΛYΣIMAXEΩN in two lines; sometimes with club below, all within wreath of corn.
5516	The same obverse; but with countermark of Herakles’s head right. Rev. : ΛYΣIMAXEΩN in wreath of corn.
5517	Demeter’s head right. Rev. : ΛY in wreath of corn.
5518	Helmeted head of Athena right. Rev. : ΛY in wreath of corn. Plate XXXIII, 20.
5519	Demeter’s head with wreath of corn, right. Rev. : ΛYΣIMAXIA. Lion sitting right, K below.
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	Alexander III (336 – 323 B.C.)
	Gold.
5520	Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rev. : BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPοY. Nike standing left, holding wreath in right hand, and trophy on staff (baculum tropaei) in left; ΛY in field. 19 mm. 8.52 gr.
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	See also WildWinds' Lysimacheia page
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	SESTOS
	(about 300 – 150 B.C.) City of Thracian Chersones. (Zemenik).
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	Autonomous bronze coins.
5521	Woman’s head (of Gracia?) left; her hair tied with ribbon. Rev. : ΣHΣTI.
5522	Woman’s head (or Apollo?) left. Rev.: ΣH. Hermes. Sometimes with the letters A Δ.
5523	The same obverse. Rev. : ΣHΣTI. Hermatena holding palm in right hand.
5524	The same obverse. Rev.: ΣH. Hermes standing, holding caduceus; two-handled vase in field. Plate XXXIV, 7.
5525	Hermes’s head left. Rev.: ΣH. Lyre.
5526	The same obverse. Rev.: ΣHΣ. Lyre and Δ.
5527	Hermes’s head with winged petasos, left. Rev.: ΣH. Lyre and A.
5528	Apollo’s laureate head left. Rev. : ΣHΣTI. Tripod and Δ.
5529	The same obverse. Rev.: ΣHΣ. Lyre in concave square.
5530	KΛAPI..., Unbearded, diademed head right. Rev. : ΣHΣTIΩN. Lyre.
5531	Apollo’s laureate head left. Rev. : ΣHΣTI. Tripod and raven.
5532	The same head without wreath. Rev.: ΣHΣ. Cornucopiae and Δ. Plate XXXIV, 5.
5533	Laureate head facing. Rev. : ΣHΣTIΩN. Thyrsos tied with ribbon.
5534	Herm between corn-ear and caduceus. Rev. : ΣH. Two-handled vase. Plate XXXIV, 4.
5535	Herm, bearded. Rev. : Amphora.
	Thrace, Sestos. ca 300 BC. AE 9mm. SHS, ithyphallic herm right / Long-necked amphora. BMC 6v.
5536	Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos. Rev. : ΣA. Demeter with high diadem standing left; holding corn-ears in right hand, left hand resting on basket of fruit. Jar before her.
5537	Head of Hermes wearing petasos right. Rev. : ΣA. Herm with barley grain to left and jar below. Plate XXXIV, 6. ALEXANDER M. (336 – 323 B.C.) Silver.
5538	Herakles’s head with lion’s skin, right. Rev. : AΛEΞANΔPοY. Zeus, himation over lower limbs, seated on a throne, holding eagle in right hand, resting left hand on sceptre, phallus in field. 26 mm. 16.55 gr. Plate XXXIV, 1.
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	Lysimachos (323 – 281 B.C.)
	Silver.
5539	Horned head of Lysimachos right. Rev. : BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY. Athena helmeted, seated left, holding Nike in right hand and resting left hand on shield; phallus or herm in left field. Plate XXXIV, 2.
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	Barbarian silver imitations.
5540	Man’s helmeted head, right. Rev. : ΛISIMΛ. Man right, kneeling on right knee; herm before him, In the field – dots in 4 lines. Plate XXXIV, 3.
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	Imperial bronze coins.
	Augustus (27 BC – 14 A.D.)
Varbanov 2966	CEBACTOV, bare head right. Rev. : CHC, Cornucopiae.
Varbanov 2967	CEBACTOV, bare head right. Rev. : CHCTI, Lyre.
	Caligula (37 – 41 A.D.)
Varbanov 2968	GAIOC, bare head right. Rev. : SHSTIWN, Lyre. AE18
Varbanov 2969	GAIOC KAICAP, bare head right. Rev. : SHSTIWN, Lyre. AE17
Varbanov 2970	GAIOC KAICAP, bare head right. Rev. : CHCTIWN, Lyre. AE20
	Claudius (41 – 54 A.D.)
Varbanov 2971	TI KLAUD KAICAP, bare head right. Rev. : CHCTIWN, Lyre. AE18
	Nero (54 – 58 A.D.)
5541	(A) NEPΩN KAIC or (B) NEPΩN KAICA or (C) NEPΩN KAICAP. His head left. Rev. : CHCTIΩN. Lyre. ( Obv A: Varbanov 2973; Obv B: Varbanov 2974; Obv C: Varbanov 2975.)
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	Domitian (81 – 96 A.D.)
5542; Varbanov 2975	KAICAP ΔOMITIANVS. His head. Rev. : CHCTIΩN. Lyre.
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	Trajan (98 – 117 A.D.)
5543	TPAIANOC KAICAP. TPAIANOC CEB. His head or bust. Rev. : CHCTIΩN. Lyre.
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	Hadrian (117 – 138 A.D.)
5544	AΔPIANOC KAICAP. His head. Rev. : CHCTIΩN. – CACTΩN (sic). Caduceus or lyre.
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	Antoninus Pius (138 – 161 A.D.)
5545	IMP C T AELI ANTON. His head. Rev. : CHCTIΩN. Zeus in mantle standing, holding eagle and sceptre.
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	Caracalla (198 – 217 A.D.) AYT M AYPH ANTΩNEINOC. – AYT K M ANTΩNEINOC. His head or bust. Rev. : CHCTIΩN.
5546	Leandros sailing to pass the Helespont (the straits of the Dardanelles) and to go to Hero, lighting the lamp from the top of a lighthouse; Eros flying in the air and holding torch.
5547	Concordia naked to waist, standing, holding patera and cornucopiae. Plate IX, 6.
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	Gordian III (238 – 244 A.D.)
	Obv: AYT K M AN ΓOPΔIANOC. His head or bust.
	Rev: CHCTIΩN.
5548	Zeus standing, holding eagle and sceptre.
5549	Zeus naked, standing, holding patera and sceptre. Plate VIII, 16.
5550	Concordia standing, holding patera and cornucopiae. Plate IX, 6.
5551	Serapis standing, holding patera and cornucopiae. Plate X, 14.
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	Philip Sr (244 – 249 A.D.)
	Obv: AY M IOY ΦΙΛΙΠΠOC. His head.
	Rev: CHCTIΩN.
5552	Genius standing, holding patera and cornucopiae.
5553	Serapis half-naked, standing, holding patera and cornucopiae. Plate X, 14.
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	Philip Jr (244 – 249 A.D.)
	Obv: K M IOYΛI ΦΙΛΙΠΠOC. His head.
	Rev: CHCTIΩN.
5554	Youthful figure standing, holding an animal in right hand, and spear in left.
5555	Zeus naked to waist, standing, holding eagle and sceptre.
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	See also WildWinds' Sestos page
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	COELA (See Coela on separate page.)
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	Indefinite silver coins minted in some towns of Thracian Chersones. See link to the wildwinds Cherronesus page above.
5597	Lion’s head with wide opened mouth, left. Rev. : Concave square divided into 4 parts, from which 2 concave and 2 convex. 12 mm.
5598	Belerofon on pegasus, galloping right. Rev. : As above. 24 mm. LII 21.
5599	Front part of pegasus right. Rev. : As above. 11 mm.
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	Hippias (Athenian tyrant about V – IV B.C.)
5600	Athena’s helmeted head, with tidy hairs on his pate. Rev. : HIΠ. Owl standing right, ear of grain to left, all in concave square. 10 mm. Plate LII, 20.

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