MK-B | Melos um 530 v. Chr.

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Melos um 530 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Galleries Altes Museum (temporarily closed) AM1/32 The Beginning of Coinage
Obverse	Apfel an Zweig mit zwei Blättern, Blütenstand des Apfels angegeben.
Reverse	Quadratisches Incusum, in der Mitte durch Linie geteilt, die sich zu Apfel (?) ausweitet, zwei runde Vertiefungen.
Class/status	City
Date	um 530 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 ; 13,78 g; 19 mm; 7 h
Production	struck
Mint	Melus
Region	Ägäische Inseln
Country	Greece
Publications	Schultz (1997) Nr. 17; Friedländer - von Sallet Nr. 8.
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1848/8708
Object number	18203116
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