540 BC - 380 BC

Dicaea   Thracia
Δίκαια   Θράκη


 Distater AR 23
SHH 3419

3419 Dicaea Thracia Distater AR

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Provenance
Donated
19.19 g   22.6-23.8 mm   4.8 eqmm   -:-- o'clock   VF
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 32.6, rev.32.3 MS/m
Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin; ΔΙ[K retrograde] in exergue.

Quadripartite incuse square.
Probably struck during the reign of the Odrysian kings Hebrizelmis, Kotys I or
Kersobleptis.
BMC 1/2 variant (smaller denominations, before expedition of Darius); Copenhagen II ---;
Moushmov 3819 (580-480 BC); Sear Greek 1347 variant (head left, 490-480 BC);
Schönert-Geiss 2/6 (540-490 BC)
Ex Hubert Lanz, 21.3.2009
Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 12.2020