Dichalkon

Features

Issuer Herakleia Trachinia (Thessaly)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 370 BC - 350 BC
Value Dichalkon (1⁄24)
Currency Drachm
Composition Bronze
Weight 3.75 g
Diameter 16.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
170749
References BCD Thessaly I# 1063,
Nomos (editor); 10 May 2011. Coins of Thessaly : The BCD Collection (Public auction 4). Nomos, Zürich, Switzerland.
SNG Copenhagen# 68 var.,
Niels Breitenstein, Willy Schwabacher; 1942. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 1. Italy, Part 1 : Etruria - Campania. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
And 43 more volumes.
Rogers# 256 var.
Edgar Rogers; 1932. The Copper Coinage of Thessaly. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Head of lion to left, with closed mouth. Below jaws, retrograde Σ

Reverse

Club upright in wreath with ties at the bottom

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΗΡΑ Σ

Mint

Heracleia Trachinia, Thessaly, Greece

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Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Dichalkon
Nomos AG
Auction 4: BCD Collection of Thessaly
Lot 1063
Internet Archive
10 May 2011 VF USD 998.11
(CHF 900.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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