cn.dicaea_thrace.54

Mint

Dikaia

Date

c. 492/490-476/475 BC

Epoch

Classical Period

Denomination

Trihemiobol (1 1/2 obol)

Standard

reduced chian

Symbols

Obverse

Θ (Position: above)

Design

Obverse

Cock standing right.

Reverse

Head of bearded Herakles, right, wearing lion skin; in quadratum incusum.

Coinage

Type

city

Material

Silver

Diameter Min

9 mm

Diameter Max

11 mm

Average Weight

0.81 g (7)

Axis

3 (2), 4 (1), 6 (1), 11 (1), [5]

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Bisanthe, Dikaia, Selymbria (no. 52-53, p. 29, comm. III. series of the Thraco-Macedonian standard, trihemiobol.)

Literature

Psoma, Selene, Did the So-called Thraco-Macedonian Standard Exist? (p. 168-181, comm. Reduced Chian standard, Trihemiobol, 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. 1453, p. 99)

Cite this record:

cn.dicaea_thrace.54, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/54 [Last downloaded: 2020/10/21 ]