MK-B | Aigina ca. 560-540 v. Chr.

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Aigina ca. 560-540 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Galleries Altes Museum (temporarily closed) AM-1/24a The Beginning of Coinage
Obverse	Seeschildkröte mit glatter Schale, der Kopf mit Maul und Auge l. gewendet.
Reverse	Incusum aus vier unregelmässigen, mit einer Schmalseite einander zugeordneten Dreiecken.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 560-540 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 ; 12,32 g; 21 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Aegina
Region	Attica (islands)
Country	Greece
Publications	Vgl. SNG Kopenhagen Nr. 501-503 Taf. 13 (ca. 650-550 v. Chr., Rs. aber in Details der Incusa nicht entsprechend).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1873 Fox
previous Owner	Charles Richard Fox
Object number	18203052
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godparenthood	Jürgen Ritter