Gortyn
ca. 450-400 v. Chr.
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Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Gallery Bode-Museum Room 242, BM32/026 The Ancient World to the End of the 3rd Cent. AD |
Obverse |
Europa auf dem Stier nach r. |
Reverse |
ΓOPTVNOΣ TO CAΣMA [retrograd]. Löwenkopf von vorne gesehen in einem quadratischem Rahmen. Das Ganze als vertieftes Quadrat. |
Date |
ca. 450-400 v. Chr. Classical |
Denomination |
Stater StaterLiterally 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. |
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Silver ; 11,23 g; 20 mm; 12 h |
Publications |
Friedländer - von Sallet Nr. 42; J. N. Svoronos, Numismatique de la Crète ancienne (1890) 158 Nr. 1 Taf. 12, 21 (dieses Stück); K. Regling, Die antike Münze als Kunstwerk (1924) 126 Nr. 174 Taf. 7, 174 (dieses Stück). |
Department |
Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods |
previous Owner |
Charles Richard Fox 1857 - 1873
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