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

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