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Dikaia, Hemistater (didrachm) — Cock standing right within incuse square (CN type 45)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 492/490–476/475 BC

Issuing entity

Thrace

Hemistater (didrachm) in silver struck at Dikaia in Thrace, dated c. 492/490–476/475 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 45 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Head of bearded Heracles, right, wearing lion skin. Reverse: Cock standing right within incuse square. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 7.21 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 16–18 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). The corpus assigns the type to the reduced Chian weight standard. Recorded findspots: Skióni (Σκιωνή). Published references cited by the corpus: Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Bisanthe, Dikaia, Selymbria, Berlin 1975, p. 26, nr. 27, pl. 4; Hoover, Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. Part II: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike: sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, Pa. London 2017, p. 1450; Psoma, Did the So-called Thraco-Macedonian Standard Exist?, 2015, p. 168.

Evidence at a glance

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Catalogue references
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Historical context

This silver hemistater was struck by the city of Dikaia in Thrace during the Classical Period, dated to c. 492/490–476/475 BC. The denomination derives from the stater, an ancient coin employed across various regions of Greece, with similar coin types minted elsewhere in ancient Europe. Recorded specimens adhere to the reduced Chian weight standard, with a findspot documented at Skióni.

Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Denomination
Hemistater (didrachm)
Recorded diameter
16–18 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
7.21 g (mean of 1 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
Cock standing right within incuse square.

Identification

Period
Classical Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Recorded findspots
Skióni (Σκιωνή)
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/45
Type corpus identifier
CN type 45

Documentation checklist

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Issue or mint date
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Mint or printer
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