Didrachm
Features
| Issuer |
Dikaia
(Thrace)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 492 BC - 475 BC |
| Value | Didrachm (2) |
| Currency | Chian-Rhodian drachm |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 7.29 g |
| Diameter | 22 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 437674 |
| References | Schönert Bisanthe# 22-26 Edith Schönert-Geiss; 1977. Die Münzprägung von Bisanthe, Dikaia, Selymbria / Volume 13 = The coinage of Bisanthe, Dikaia, Selymbria. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, Germany.Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/) , May Dikaia# 30-32John M. F. May; 1965. “The coinage of Dikaia-by-Abdera c. 540/35-476/5 B.C.”, The Numismatic Chronicle, Series 7, Volume 5, pages 1-25. , Traité I# 1770-1771Ernest Babelon; 1907. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.1. Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies greques depuis les origines jusqu'aux guerres médiques. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France. , Jameson# 1055Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes). , Weber# 2358 Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes).. Charles Gillet Collection. , Kunstfreund# 37 Herbert Adolph Cahn (ed.), Silvia Mani Hurter (ed.), Leo Mildenberg (ed.), Pierre Strauss (ed.); 1974. Griechische Münzen aus der Sammlung eines Kunstfreundes: Auktion am 18. Mai 1974 in Zürich = Greek coins from the collection of an art lover. Bank Leu, Munzen & Medaillen Basel, Zürich, Switzerland / Basel, Switzerland. British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). |
Obverse
Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.
Reverse
Head of bull left within incuse square.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΔΙΚ
Mint
Dicaea, Thrace, GreeceSee also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (492 BC - 475 BC) | 
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$ 1100 | $ 2900 | $ 27 000 | |||||||||||
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Examples of the type
Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
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Multiple sales of the same specimen:
Numismatica Ars ClassicaAuction 158 Lot 66 
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5 Nov 2025 | XF |
USD 27 776.23
(CHF 22 000.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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CNG Triton XI Lot 88
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8 Jan 2008 | XF |
USD 24 000.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 140 Lot 70
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7 Nov 2023 | VF |
USD 30 301.35
(CHF 24 000.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge 3 February 1909, Benson, 456; Leu-M&M 28 May 1974, Kunstfreund, 37; Morton & Eden 20 May 2003, 17 and Morton & Eden 51, 2011, Exceptional Greek Coins, 76 = Jameson 1055 = Gillet 822 |
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CNG Triton XXVIII Lot 5052
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14 Jan 2025 | F |
USD 550.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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Multiple sales of the same specimen:
Roma NumismaticsAuction XXX Lot 174
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21 Mar 2024 | F |
USD 1073.48
(GBP 800.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Roma Numismatics E-Live Auction 5 Lot 323
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27 Sep 2022 | F |
USD 1610.22
(GBP 1200.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Roma Numismatics Auction 4 Lot 246
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30 Sep 2012 | F | Unsold | |
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Ex Dix Noonan Webb Ltd, Auctions A7 & CC2, 17 March 2009, lot 1135 |
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