MK-B | Chios? 5. Jh. v. Chr.

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Chios? 5. Jh. v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Gallery Bode-Museum Room 241, BM1/19 From Electrum to the Euro
Obverse	Sphinx nach l. hockend, die r. Pfote erhoben. Davor Gefäß (amphora), umlaufend Efeukranz, von dem Weintrauben über der Amphora herabhängen und von der Sphinx mit ihrer Pfote berührt werden.
Reverse	Viereckiges Windmühlenincusum.
Class/status	City
Date	5. Jh. v. Chr. Classical
Denomination	Stater Stater Literally the resp. one unit. Hence designating the main unit within a certain currency of a Greek city or realm. The silver tetradrachm of Athens or the tridrachm of Corinth hence are also the stater within each denominational system. The main meaning though, especially in modern scholarship, is that of a denomination in gold of about 8.6 grams in the Attic standard.
	Electrum ; 15,33 g; 19 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Chius?
Region	Inseln vor Ionien
Country	Greece
Publications	Friedländer - von Sallet Nr. 82 (dieses Stück); A. Baldwin, American Journal of Numismatics 48, 1914, 24 Taf. 4, 11 (dieses Stück).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1875 Prokesch-Osten
previous Owner	Count Anton Prokesch von Osten - 1875
Object number	18200110
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godparenthood	Heinrich Ihl