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Message:: [QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3059899, member: 44316"]Here is another coin with Artemis killing a stag, this time from Cherson in Crimea in the north Black Sea. Coins of ancient Cherson are scarce and often in low grade. The primary reference is Anokhin's book, The Coinage of Chersonesus, which is in Russian and has been translated into English by H. Bartlett Wells (BAR International Series 69, 1980). [ATTACH=full]767278[/ATTACH]22-19 mm. 2:00. 5.21 grams. Possibly time of Caracalla.Bull butting right. EΛEVΘ-EP  AC in ex. [Eleutheria = "Freedom" in Greek]XEPCON-H...  ("Cherson ..)Anokhin 293 variety (293 is both lighter in weight and smaller in diameter, although it can be impossible to tell since Anokhin's images are not always life size. They are often somewhat larger than the coin. Since his image of 293 is significantly smaller than this coin, I conclude they are not the same denomination.)BMC Thrace --, Stancomb --, SNG BM Black Sea --, SNG Pushkin -- Cherson received "freedom" or "independence" under Antoninus Pius. After that, the city's coins often mention "freedom." However, the lack of an imperial name or any other identification of a date means they must be dated by other means. Anokhin seems to use the criterion that cruder is later (which seems justified) but picks time spans of arbitrary length for each type. I am not at all convinced we know when the types were issued.[/QUOTE]