MK-B | Poseidonia ca. 530-500 v. Chr.

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Poseidonia ca. 530-500 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Gallery Bode-Museum Room 241, BM22/16 Ancient Gods
Obverse	ΠΟΣ. Poseidon in Schrittstellung in der Rückenansicht mit einem in der r. Hand erhobenen Dreizack nach r.
Reverse	Dasselbe inkus, aber Dreizack und Legende im erhabenen Relief.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 530-500 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 ; 7,24 g; 30 mm; 12 h
Production	struck
Mint	Poseidonia-Paestum
Region	Lucania
Country	Italy
Publications	N. K. Rutter, Historia Numorum. Italy (2001) Nr. 1107 Taf. 22; SNG ANS 2 Lucania Nr. 608 Taf. 17.
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1906 Löbbecke
previous Owner	Arthur Löbbecke
Object number	18200332
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