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Area: Thrace: Chersonesos
Period: 480-350 BC
Denomination: AR Hemidrachm
Obverse: Forepart of lion right, head reverted.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse; bee in one quadrant.
Reference: SNG Cop 833, McClean 4100 variant (no pellet)
Weight: 2.2 gms
Diameter: 13.5 mm

THRACE/Chersonesos

Thracian peninsula on the northern border of the Hellespont (today's Dardanelles), the strait leading from the Ęgean Sea to Propontis (today's Sea of Marmara) and the Euxine Pontus (today's Black Sea) - now called Gallipoli Peninsula.

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