MK-B | Kyzikos ca. 400-330 v. Chr.

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Kyzikos ca. 400-330 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Gallery Bode-Museum Room 241, BM22/52 Ancient Gods
Obverse	Kopf des jugendlichen Pan mit Bockshorn nach l., darunter ein Thunfisch nach l.
Reverse	Viergeteiltes Quadratum Incusum.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 400-330 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.
	Electrum ; 16,80 g; 17-21 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Cyzicus
Region	Mysien
Country	Turkey
Issued	ca. 400-330 v. Chr.
Publications	K. Regling, Die antike Münze als Kunstwerk (1924) 133 Nr. 620 Taf. 30 (dieses Stück); H. von Fritze, Nomisma 7, 1912, 14 Nr. 195 Taf. 6, 7 (anderes Exemplar); A. Baldwin Brett, Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Catalogue of Greek coins (1955) 197 Nr. 1510 Taf. 84 (Aktaion).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1873 Fox
previous Owner	Charles Richard Fox - 1873
Object number	18200498
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