MK-B | Kalymna ca. 560-540 v. Chr.

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Kalymna ca. 560-540 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Gallery Bode-Museum Room 242, BM-32/030 The Ancient World to the End of the 3rd Cent. AD
Obverse	Kopf eines Kriegers mit Korinthischem Helm nach l.
Reverse	Leier (lyra) mit Schildkrötenpanzer als Schallkörper in inkuser Darstellung.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 560-540 v. Chr. Archaic
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 ; 9,82 g; 24 mm; 12 h
Production	struck
Mint	Calymna
Region	Islands off Caria
Country	Greece
Publications	C. M. Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (1976) 38 Nr. 103 Taf. 5.
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1900 Imhoof-Blumer
previous Owner	Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer
Object number	18200148
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