Didrachm
Features
| Issuer |
Dikaia
(Thrace)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 492 BC - 475 BC |
| Value | Didrachm (2) |
| Currency | Chian-Rhodian drachm |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 7.21 g |
| Diameter | 18 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 575747 |
| References | Schönert Bisanthe# 27 Edith Schönert-Geiss; 1977. Die Münzprägung von Bisanthe, Dikaia, Selymbria / Volume 13 = The coinage of Bisanthe, Dikaia, Selymbria. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, Germany.Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/) , May Dikaia# 28John M. F. May; 1965. “The coinage of Dikaia-by-Abdera c. 540/35-476/5 B.C.”, The Numismatic Chronicle, Series 7, Volume 5, pages 1-25. , HGC 3.2# 1450 Oliver D. Hoover; 2017. Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors / Volume 3, Part 2. Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike: Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.
Reverse
Cock standing right in dotted square within shallow incuse square.
Mint
Dicaea, Thrace, GreeceSee also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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