Numismatic Rarities of Ancient Chersonese: a Dichalkos from The Late-Third Century BC Featuring the Name of Matrodoros
Journal: Античная древность и средние века
Year: 2021

Numismatics of ancient Chersonese comprises a big number of silver and copper coin issues. The variety of scenes on the coinage from the period of autonomy resembles the list of known names of officials featured on the coins as those responsible for the city’s mintage. In some cases, the names of mint-makers are abbreviated, which makes the deciphering complicated. In this regard, let us call the attention to an issue of the dichalkoi of Chersonese from the second half of the third century BC fe