Didrachm

Features

Issuer	Dikaia (Thrace)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	492 BC - 475 BC
Value	Didrachm (2)
Currency	Chian-Rhodian drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	7.3 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 575595
References	Schönert Bisanthe# 21 Edith Schönert-Geiss; 1977. Die Münzprägung von Bisanthe, Dikaia, Selymbria / Volume 13 = The coinage of Bisanthe, Dikaia, Selymbria. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, Germany. , CN type# 26 Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/) , May Dikaia# 29 John 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# 1769 Ernest 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. , de Luynes# 1767 Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 volumes). , HGC 3.2# 1449 Oliver D. Hoover; 2017. Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors / Volume 3, Part 2. Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike: Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. , Moush'12# 3820 Nikola Anastasov Moushmov; 1912. Античните монети на Балканския полуостров и монетите на българските царе = Ancient Coins of the Balkan Peninsula and the Coins of the Bulgarian Monarchs. Grigor Iv. Gavazov, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Obverse

Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.

Reverse

Head of bull left within incuse square.

Mint

Dicaea, Thrace, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (492 BC - 475 BC)

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