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DIKAIA, Obol, c. 500, head and neck of ox right, terminating in dotted truncation, rev. four-part
DIKAIA, Obol, c. 500, head and neck of ox right, terminating in dotted truncation, rev. four-part incuse square, 0.25g (cf. Barron, The Silver Coins of Samos, pl. 5, 1a and 2 [Trihemiobols]). Good very fine; unpublished in the standard references The proposition by J.M.F. May in ‘The Coinage of Dikaia-by-Abdera, c. 540/35-476/5 B.C.’, NC 1965, p.2, that Dikaia-by-Abdera might have been a colony of Samos is substantiated by this coin and those in the following lots. They not only have a provenance from the region but also share types directly derived from Samian prototypes which probably precede the Herakles issues of Dikaia
DIKAIA, Obol, c. 500, head and neck of ox right, terminating in dotted truncation, rev. four-part incuse square, 0.25g (cf. Barron, The Silver Coins of Samos, pl. 5, 1a and 2 [Trihemiobols]). Good very fine; unpublished in the standard references The proposition by J.M.F. May in ‘The Coinage of Dikaia-by-Abdera, c. 540/35-476/5 B.C.’, NC 1965, p.2, that Dikaia-by-Abdera might have been a colony of Samos is substantiated by this coin and those in the following lots. They not only have a provenance from the region but also share types directly derived from Samian prototypes which probably precede the Herakles issues of Dikaia
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