cn.dicaea_thrace.1

Mint

Dikaia

Date

c. 540/535-492/490 BC

Epoch

Archaic Period

Denomination

Distater

Standard

reduced Aeginetan

Design

Obverse

Head of bearded Heracles, right, wearing lion skin.

Reverse

Incuse square.

Coinage

Type

city

Material

silver ❐

Average Diameter

24 mm

Average Weight

19.06 g (2)

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Bisanthe, Dikaia, Selymbria (no. 4-6, p. 23, comm. According to Schönert-Geiss thraco-macedonian standard.)

Hoover, Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. Part II: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike: sixth to first centuries BC (no. 1445, p. 97)

Literature

Psoma, Did the So-called Thraco-Macedonian Standard Exist? (p. 179-180, comm. Reduced aeginetan standard, dated 530-480 BC.)

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