MK-B | Aigina ca. 375-320 v. Chr.

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Aigina ca. 375-320 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Galleries Altes Museum (temporarily closed) AM-2/60b The Classical Period
Obverse	Landschildkröte, die einzelnen Segmente des Panzers sind naturnah dargestellt, ebenso die Schuppen der Beine und Krallen an den Füßen.
Reverse	Α-ΙΓΙ. Incusum aus zwei Quadraten und zwei Rechtecken, darin oben l. Α, oben r. ΙΓΙ und unten l. ein Delphin, unten r. eine Diagonale.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 375-320 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 ; 12,24 g; 23 mm; 4 h
Production	struck
Mint	Aegina
Region	Attica (islands)
Country	Greece
Publications	Schultz (1997) Nr. 13 (dieses Stück); L. Mildenberg - S. Hurter (Hrsg.), The Arthur S. Dewing Collection of Greek Coins. Ancient Coins in North American Collections VI (1985) Nr. 1687 (ca. 350-338 v. Chr.). Vgl. SNG Kopenhagen Nr. 523 (auf Rs. Verteilung der Bildelemente gegensätzlich).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1873 Fox
previous Owner	Charles Richard Fox
Object number	18203109
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