Nektanebos II.
360-342 v. Chr.
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Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Gallery Bode-Museum Room 241, BM2/21 Ancient Denominations |
Obverse |
Gutes Gold [Hieroglyphen]. Hieroglyphenzeichen Nub Nefer. |
Authority |
Nectanebo II (c. 359-342 BC)
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Denomination |
Stater StaterLiterally 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. |
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Gold ; 8,15 g; 18 mm; 12 h |
Publications |
T. Faucher - W. Fischer-Bossert - S. Dhennin, Les monnaies en or aux types hiéroglyphiques nwb nfr, Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale 112, 2012, 147-169. 149 Nr. 1 q Taf. 1 (dieses Stück, Stempel D1/R1); SNG Kopenhagen Nr. 1; F. Berger, Die antiken Goldmünzen im Kestner-Museum Hannover (1991) 24 Nr. 39. |
Department |
Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods |