MK-B | Korinth ca. 478-458 v. Chr.

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Korinth ca. 478-458 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Gallery Bode-Museum Room 242, BM32/020 The Ancient World to the End of the 3rd Cent. AD
Obverse	K [Koppa]. Pegasos nach r.
Reverse	Kopf der Athena mit korinthischem Helm nach r., in vertieften Quadrat.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 478-458 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.
	Silver ; 8,68 g; 20 mm; 3 h
Production	struck
Mint	Corinth
Region	Achaia
Country	Greece
Publications	O. E. Ravel, Les ‘poulains’ de Corinthe I (1936) Nr. 214 a Taf. 13 (dieses Stück, 478-458 v. Chr.); R. Calciati, Pegasi I (1990) Nr. 74.
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1906 Löbbecke
Year of access	1906
previous Owner	Arthur Löbbecke
Object number	18200132
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