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Stater
| Issuer | Dikaia |
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| Year | 515 BC - 480 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing head of a lion rendered in archaic Greek style, occupying the full coin field, with deeply modeled mane composed of flowing, striated locks radiating outward. The leonine visage is depicted frontally with prominent round eyes, a broad flat nose, and an open mouth revealing rows of teeth. The bold, sculptural relief and naturalistic yet stylized treatment are characteristic of early northern Aegean coinage of the late Archaic period. |
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| Mintage | ND (515 BC - 480 BC) |
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Dikaia was a small Macedonian coastal settlement — almost certainly a Thasian colony — whose independent coinage output was brief and geographically confined. The city disappears from the historical record early enough that its staters were likely out of production before Xerxes' invasion reshaped the northern Aegean political order entirely. Surviving examples are rare enough that die studies remain incomplete, and the precise mint chronology still depends heavily on hoard evidence rather than documentary sources.