MK-B | Lykien: Mithrapata ca. 385-370 v. Chr.

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Lykien: Mithrapata ca. 385-370 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Gallery Bode-Museum Room 241, BM18/08 Ruler Portraits in Antiquity
Obverse	Löwenskalp von vorn. Dezentriert.
Reverse	ΜΕΧΡΑΠΑ-Τ-Α [In lykischer Schrift]. Kopf des bärtigen Mithrapata nach l. Im r. F. unten ein Triskeles (das Kennzeichen der lykischen Priesterkönige), das Ganze in einem Quadratum Incusum.
Sitter	Mithrapata
Class/status	Ancient Ruler's issue
Authority	Mithrapata
Date	ca. 385-370 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 ; 10,01 g; 22-25 mm; 2 h
Production	struck
Region	Lykien
Country	Turkey
Publications	A. Gorys in: Die griechische Klassik. Idee oder Wirklichkeit. Katalog Berlin (2002) 246 Nr. 142 (dieses Stück); SNG Aulock Nr. 4238-4239; L. Mildenberg, Mithrapata und Perikles, Congresso internazionale di Numismatica Rom 1961 II (1965) 49-51 (385-370 v. Chr.). Vgl. N. Olcay - O. Mørkholm, Numismatic Chronicle 1971, 1-29 bes. Nr. 84 (Boston, 9,77 g).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1999/123
Vendor (to Museum)	Münzhandlung Hans Linnartz (Cologne)
Object number	18200166
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