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

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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	Vertieftes Viereck, in vier Quadrate geteilt, unregelmäßiger Grund.
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 ; 9,80 g; 19 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Dicaea (Thracia)
Region	Thracia
Country	Greece
Publications	K. Regling, Die antike Münze als Kunstwerk (1924) Nr. 105 Taf. 4 (dieses Stück); H. Dressel- K. Regling, Zwei ägyptische Funde altgriechischer Silbermünzen, ZfN 37, 1927, 28 Nr. 3 Taf. 1,3; 29 Anm. 3 γ (dieses Stück); J. M. F. May, The Coinage of Dikaia-by-Abdera, Numismatic Chronicle 1965, 12 Nr. 7 b (dieses Stück); E. Schönert-Geiss, Die Münzprägung von Bisanthe - Dikaia - Selymbria (1975) 24 Nr. 15,1 Taf. 3 (V8/R9, dieses Stück, ca. 540/535-492/490 v. Chr.); IGCH I Nr. 1637.
Web Portals	http://coinhoards.org/id/igch1637
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1902/797
previous Owner	Friedrich Wilhelm von Bissing - 1902
Find place	Egypt, Demanhur
Object number	18239249
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