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cn type 287

Edition
cn.dicaea_thrace.1_ed.21
Mint
Dikaia 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 450-430 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΔΙΚΑ
Design
Cock standing right.
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Reverse
Design
Scallop shell in incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
Obol 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 10 mm / Min: 8 mm
Average Weight
0.67 g (10x)
Axes
3 (1x) 6 (1x) 7 (1x) 11 (1x)
Citation

Hoover, Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. Part II: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike: sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, Pa. London 2017 p. 99, nr. 1455  (450-430 BC.)  ❐

Literature

Psoma, Did the So-called Thraco-Macedonian Standard Exist?, 2015 p. 179-181 (Reduced Chian standard, weight is equivalent to a 12th-Hemihekta in Abdera.)  ❐

editions

cn.dicaea_thrace.1_ed.21  🔍

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cn type 287, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/cn.dicaea_thrace.1_ed.21 [Last downloaded: 2026/06/13]

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