A Chalcedonic Die of Astynomos ῾Ηράκλειος from Tauric Chersonesus
Journal: Hyperboreus
Year: 2019

In 2018, a chalcedonic die was discovered in ﬁlling of a cellar of the Hellenistic house in the Quarter XX of Tauric Chersonesus. It bears an inscription ἀστυνομοῦ-|ντος ῾Ηρακ-|λείου (‘Herakleios being astynomos’) and two emblems – a bunch of grapes and a caduceus. Palaeographic peculiarities of the inscription as well as archaeological context of the ﬁnd point to the date of the late 4th – early 3rd century BC. Astynomoi named ῾Ηράκλειος are known from stamps on Chersonesan amphorae, however no