MK-B | Dikaia (Thrakien) ca. 540/535-492/490 v. Chr.

Image files are licensed Public Domain Mark 1.0. Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, 18239075. Photographs by Lutz-Jürgen Lübke (Lübke und Wiedemann).

Dikaia (Thrakien) ca. 540/535-492/490 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault
Obverse	Bärtiger Kopf des Herakles mit Löwenfellkappe nach r.
Reverse	Unregelmäßiges, vierteiliges Quadratum incusum.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 540/535-492/490 v. Chr. Archaic
Denomination	Stater Stater Literally the resp. one unit. Hence designating the main unit within a certain currency of a Greek city or realm. The silver tetradrachm of Athens or the tridrachm of Corinth hence are also the stater within each denominational system. The main meaning though, especially in modern scholarship, is that of a denomination in gold of about 8.6 grams in the Attic standard.
	Silver ; 9,47 g; 18 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Dicaea (Thracia)
Region	Thrace
Country	Greece
Publications	H. Dressel- K. Regling, Zwei ägyptische Funde altgriechischer Silbermünzen, ZfN 37, 1927, 29 Anm. 3 α (dieses Stück); E. Schönert-Geiss, Die Münzprägung von Bisanthe - Dikaia - Selymbria (1975) 24 Nr. 7 Taf. 3 (V1/R1, dieses Stück, ca. 540/535-492/490 v. Chr.).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1906 Löbbecke
previous Owner	Arthur Löbbecke - 1906
Object number	18239075
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