MK-B | Lampsakos? ca. 460-440 v. Chr.

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Lampsakos? ca. 460-440 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Gallery Bode-Museum Room 241, BM-1/20 From Electrum to the Euro
Obverse	Vorderteil (protome) eines geflügelten Pferdes nach l., umgeben von einer Ranke. Unten Ξ.
Reverse	Viereckiges Quadratum Incusum.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 460-440 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 ; 15,23 g; 19-21 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Lampsacus?
Region	Mysia
Country	Turkey
Publications	A. Baldwin, American Journal of Numismatics 53, 1914, 9 Nr. 12 e Taf. 1 (dieses Stück); C. M. Kraay, Archaic and classical Greek coins (1976) 373 Nr. 916 Taf. 54.
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1906 Löbbecke
previous Owner	Arthur Löbbecke
Object number	18200111
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