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Tetrobol
| Issuer | Dikaia |
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| Year | 450 BC - 420 BC |
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| Value | Tetrobol (⅔) |
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| Obverse description | Facing left, the wreathed head of a local nymph rendered in archaic Greek style, her hair arranged in undulating waves framing the face and gathered into a knotted bun at the nape of the neck. The portrait is executed with fine detail characteristic of Thraco-Macedonian coinage of the Classical period, with a naturalistic treatment of the facial features set within a plain field. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Dikaia was a small Macedonian coastal settlement, almost certainly a Chalkidian colony, that issued coins during a window when autonomous civic coinage in the northern Aegean was still practical — before Macedonian royal consolidation made such independence increasingly difficult to sustain. The city's output was modest, and surviving examples are genuinely scarce rather than artificially so.
The Boston MFA specimen, catalogued as #803, remains one of the primary reference points for attributing this type.