MK-B | Lykien: Perikles ca. 375-362 v. Chr.

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Lykien: Perikles ca. 375-362 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Gallery Bode-Museum Room 241, BM18/09 Ruler Portraits in Antiquity
Obverse	Bärtiger Kopf des Perikles in der Dreiviertelansicht.
Reverse	ΠΕ-P-E-KΛΕ [in lykischer Schrift]. Ein nackter, bärtiger Krieger mit korinthischem Helm, Schwert und Schild, im Ausfallschritt nach r. Im r. F. unten ein Triskeles, im l. F. ein Stern.
Sitter	Perikles
Class/status	Ancient Ruler's issue
Authority	Perikles
Date	ca. 375-362 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 ; 9,80 g; 23 mm; 12 h
Production	struck
Region	Lykien
Country	Turkey
Publications	SNG Kopenhagen Nr. 4253.
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	2002/126
Vendor (to Museum)	Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger (Frankfurt am Main)
Object number	18200170
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