cn.dicaea_thrace.51

Mint

Dikaia

Date

c. 492/490-476/475 BC

Epoch

Classical Period

Denomination

hemidrachm (triobol)

Standard

reduced chian

Design

Obverse

Head of bearded Heracles, right, wearing lion skin.

Reverse

Cock standing right, holding worm in beak; within incuse square.

Material

Silver

Diameter Min

11 mm

Diameter Max

15 mm

Average Weight

1.78 g (22)

Axis

3 (1), 6 (1), 9 (2), [4]

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Bisanthe, Dikaia, Selymbria (no. 32-45, p. 27-28, pl. 4-5, comm. III. series of the Thraco-Macedonian standard, triobol.)

Literature

Psoma, Selene, Did the So-called Thraco-Macedonian Standard Exist? (p. 168-181, comm. Reduced Chian standard, Hemidrachm, c. 480-450 BC.)

Hoover, Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. Part II: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike: sixth to first centuries BC (no. 1452, p. 99)

Cite this record:

cn.dicaea_thrace.51, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/51 [Last downloaded: 2020/10/21 ]