Dikaia, Distater (CN type 2)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

ca. 540/535-492/490 v. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

Distater in silver struck at Dikaia in Thrace dated ca. 540/535-492/490 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2. Obverse: Head of bearded Herakles, left, wearing lion skin. Reverse: Incuse square.

Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Denomination
Distater
Recorded diameter
24 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
18.36 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Dikaia
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Weight standard
reduced Aeginetan

Design

Obverse type
Head of bearded Herakles, left, wearing lion skin.
Reverse type
Incuse square.

Identification

Period
Archaic Period
Recorded findspots
(Arab Republic of Egypt) Ägypten
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2
Type corpus identifier
CN type 2

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