MK-B | Elis ca. 360-340 v. Chr.

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Elis ca. 360-340 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Gallery Bode-Museum Room 241, BM22/01 Ancient Gods
Obverse	Kopf des Zeus Olympios mit Lorbeerkranz nach r.
Reverse	FΑΛ-ΙΩΝ. Auf einem ionischen Kapitell sitzender Adler nach r.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 360-340 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 ; 12,28 g; 25 mm; 4 h
Production	struck
Mint	Elis
Region	Elis
Country	Greece
Publications	Auktion Leu 90 vom 10. Mai 2004 Nr. 132 (Slg. BCD, datiert in 107. Olympiade = 352 v. Chr.). Vgl. Chr. T. Seltman, The temple coins of Olympia (1921) Nr. 186-189 (andere Trennung der Rs.-Legende).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1890/373
Vendor (to Museum)	Adolph Weyl
Object number	18200247
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