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Chalkon
| Issuer | Dikaia (Thrace) |
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| Year | 492 BC - 475 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bearded and mustachioed head of Herakles facing right, clad in the lion's skin (leonte), the scalp of the Nemean lion draped over the head with the jaws framing the hero's features. The relief is bold and deeply struck, consistent with early Thracian bronze coinage of the archaic period. The flan is irregular, with natural surface patination typical of hammered copper issues. |
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| Reverse description | Frontal three-quarter view of a bull's head facing right, rendered in a bold archaic style characteristic of early Thracian civic coinage. The ethnic legend of the issuing city Dikaia is disposed around the bull's head in three segments, reading ΔΙ-ΚΑ-ΙΟΝ in Greek letters. The design fills the compact flan, with the inscription serving as the primary identifier of the civic authority. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΔΙ-ΚΑ-ΙΟΝ |
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