Distater

Features

Issuer	Dikaia (Thrace)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	540 BC - 490 BC
Value	Distater (4)
Currency	Aeginetic drachm
Composition	Srebro
Weight	19.09 g
Diameter	24 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 184301
References	Schönert Bisanthe# 2-6 Edith Schönert-Geiss; 1977. Die Münzprägung von Bisanthe, Dikaia, Selymbria / Volume 13 = The coinage of Bisanthe, Dikaia, Selymbria. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, Germany. , CN type# 1, 22 Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/) , May Dikaia# 14-16 John M. F. May; 1965. “The coinage of Dikaia-by-Abdera c. 540/35-476/5 B.C.”, The Numismatic Chronicle, Series 7, Volume 5, pages 1-25. , Traité I# 1768 Ernest Babelon; 1907. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.1. Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies greques depuis les origines jusqu'aux guerres médiques. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France. , BostonMFA Supp# 71 Boston Museum of Fine Arts (publisher); 1964. Greek coins / 1950 to 1963. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. , Asyut# 145 Martin Jessop Price, Nancy M. Waggoner; 1975. Archaic Greek Silver Coinage: The "Asyut" Hoard. Vecchi, London, United Kingdom. , Regling Kunstwerk# 229 Kurt Regling; 1924. Die antike Münze als Kunstwerk = The ancient coin as a work of art. Berlin, Germany.

Obverse

Głowa brodatego Heraklesa w prawo, w nakryciu głowy ze skóry lwa Automatically translated

Reverse

Czworokątny kwadrat z wcięciem. Automatically translated

Mint

Dicaea, Thrace, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (540 BC - 490 BC)								$ 18 000

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Examples of the type

Schönert Bisanthe 4; May Dikaia 15

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 4 Lot 45	2 Jun 2013	XF	USD 8149.13 (EUR 7000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Nomos AG Auction 6 Lot 34	8 May 2012	XF	USD 26 679.17 (CHF 21 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Peus 401, 3 November 2010, 293
© Nomos AG
	CNG Triton VIII Lot 249	11 Jan 2005	XF	USD 11 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	The New York Sale Auction 27 Lot 239	4 Jan 2012	XF	USD 40 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Bank Leu AG, Auction 45, Zurich, 26 May 1988, lot 84
© The New York Sale
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 195 Lot 105	7 Mar 2011	XF	USD 39 581.51 (EUR 34 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Numismatik Lanz Auction 146 Lot 60	25 May 2009	XF	USD 13 387.86 (EUR 11 500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Lanz Auctions
	CNG Triton XII Lot 129	6 Jan 2009	XF	USD 18 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Emporium Hamburg Auction 76 Lot 43	12 May 2016	VF	USD 4656.65 (EUR 4000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Emporium Hamburg
	The New York Sale Auction 3 Lot 109	7 Dec 2000	VF	Unsold
Ex Glendining & Co. Ltd., London sale November 13, 1957 ("Foreign Collector"), 64 = May Dikaia 16 = Schönert Bisanthe 6
© The New York Sale