Opinions on this Chersonesos Hemidrachm

Came across this piece the other day and I'm just not sure of the proper identification. Hope someone can help. Here's the coin:

When I first looked at it I see an AΓ monogram - pellet in one quadrant and a branch with leaves in the other. Couldn't find a similar piece.

When I turned the reverse 90 degrees I saw this:
Now it looks like Athena standing left holding a spear and shield. Can't find this one either but definitely interesting ... any thoughts on which way is correct?

 

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I would guess Athena is the correct interpretation.

John

 

What are the size and weight of that piece? I'm trying to identify a similar one.
Thank you!

 

Pretty typical, 13mm and 2.3gms

 

An excellent online resource is:

http://bpmurphy.ancients.info/chersonese/Cherronesos.htm

if you follow the link "Complete listing", you'll get to a very long page with variants and references for the marks

 

Thank you, sir!

 

Thank you for providing that link! That is really helpful.