Dikaia, Hemistater (didrachm) (CN type 42)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 492-475 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceHemistater (didrachm) in silver struck at Dikaia in Thrace dated ca. 492-475 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 42. Obverse: Head of bearded Heracles, right, wearing lion skin. Reverse: Bull\'s head, left, within incuse square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- Hemistater (didrachm)
- Recorded diameter
- 19–22 mm (from 9 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.11 g (mean of 10 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Dikaia
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- reduced Chian
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of bearded Heracles, right, wearing lion skin.
- Reverse type
- Bull\'s head, left, within incuse square.
- Reverse legend
- ΔΙΚ(Α,ΑΙ)
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/42
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 42
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 26, nr. 22, pl. 4
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 98, nr. 1449
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 168
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution