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(K) THRACIAN CHERSONESUS.
probably situate between Chalcidice and Maroneia (Imhoof, Num. Citron.,
1^73, P- 18).
Circ. b, c. 450-400.
Fore-part of horse.
TPIH in four quarters of incuse square.
Head of Apollo.
JI 6-3 grs.
,, in the four corners of a square,
within which, laurel-branch. Hi 7 grs.
Cypsela was a Thracian town on the Hebrus.
Circ. B. c. 400-350.
Headof Hermes in close-fitting petasos. KYTE Two-handled vase .
I M .5
A vessel of this shape is seen also on coins of Cotys I, king of the
Thracian Odrysae, B. C. 382-359. See Imhoof, Mon. Gr., p. 52, and infra
sub § P.
K. The Thracian Chersonesus.
The smaller silver coins of Chersonesus are very abundant, and were
probably issued at a town called anciently Cherronesus. Whether this
place was identical with the later Callipolis or with Cardia is uncertain.
The weight standard in use appears to have been the Aeginetic. There
are, however, archaic tetradrachms of Attic weight.
Attic weight.
Lion with fore-paw raised and head
reverted
(Baron de Hirsch, Ann. de Num., 1884,
Pl. I. 1.)
Circ. b. c. 500-480.
Incuse square, in which archaic head of
Pallas wearing close-fitting helmet
with large crest . . . Al 253 grs.
Aeginetic weight.
Forepart of lion looking back ... I Quadripartite incuse square . . . .
[B. M. Cat., Thrace, p. 182.] I At 46 and 23 grs.
Circ. b. c. 480-350.
Forepart of lion with head reverted .
[B. M. Cat.,- Thrace, p. 183 sqq.J
Incuse square divided into four quarters;
in the two deeper ones a symbol and
a letter . . . JR | Dr., wt. 40 grs.
Bronze. Inscr. XEP, XEPPO, etc., on one or other side.
Lion’s head, or female head facing . . I Corn-grain.JE -45
(Ibid., p. 186.) I
Aegospotami. Although there is no mention of a town of this name
in b. c. 405, when the Athenians were defeated by Lysander at the ‘ Goat
River,’ yet there are small silver coins with the head of a goat, and with
an incuse reverse of Chersonesian pattern (wt. 14 grs.) which are certainly
earlier than that time. There are also bronze coins anterior in style to
the age of Alexander, which prove that a city Aegospotami existed in
the middle of the fourth century.
(K) THRACIAN CHERSONESUS.
probably situate between Chalcidice and Maroneia (Imhoof, Num. Citron.,
1^73, P- 18).
Circ. b, c. 450-400.
Fore-part of horse.
TPIH in four quarters of incuse square.
Head of Apollo.
JI 6-3 grs.
,, in the four corners of a square,
within which, laurel-branch. Hi 7 grs.
Cypsela was a Thracian town on the Hebrus.
Circ. B. c. 400-350.
Headof Hermes in close-fitting petasos. KYTE Two-handled vase .
I M .5
A vessel of this shape is seen also on coins of Cotys I, king of the
Thracian Odrysae, B. C. 382-359. See Imhoof, Mon. Gr., p. 52, and infra
sub § P.
K. The Thracian Chersonesus.
The smaller silver coins of Chersonesus are very abundant, and were
probably issued at a town called anciently Cherronesus. Whether this
place was identical with the later Callipolis or with Cardia is uncertain.
The weight standard in use appears to have been the Aeginetic. There
are, however, archaic tetradrachms of Attic weight.
Attic weight.
Lion with fore-paw raised and head
reverted
(Baron de Hirsch, Ann. de Num., 1884,
Pl. I. 1.)
Circ. b. c. 500-480.
Incuse square, in which archaic head of
Pallas wearing close-fitting helmet
with large crest . . . Al 253 grs.
Aeginetic weight.
Forepart of lion looking back ... I Quadripartite incuse square . . . .
[B. M. Cat., Thrace, p. 182.] I At 46 and 23 grs.
Circ. b. c. 480-350.
Forepart of lion with head reverted .
[B. M. Cat.,- Thrace, p. 183 sqq.J
Incuse square divided into four quarters;
in the two deeper ones a symbol and
a letter . . . JR | Dr., wt. 40 grs.
Bronze. Inscr. XEP, XEPPO, etc., on one or other side.
Lion’s head, or female head facing . . I Corn-grain.JE -45
(Ibid., p. 186.) I
Aegospotami. Although there is no mention of a town of this name
in b. c. 405, when the Athenians were defeated by Lysander at the ‘ Goat
River,’ yet there are small silver coins with the head of a goat, and with
an incuse reverse of Chersonesian pattern (wt. 14 grs.) which are certainly
earlier than that time. There are also bronze coins anterior in style to
the age of Alexander, which prove that a city Aegospotami existed in
the middle of the fourth century.