MK-B | Naxos ca. 520-490 v. Chr.

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Naxos ca. 520-490 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Galleries Altes Museum (temporarily closed) AM1/33 The Beginning of Coinage
Obverse	Kantharos, umgeben von zwei Weintrauben, darüber Efeublatt.
Reverse	Quadratisches Incusum, viergeteilt, ein Viertel gefüllt.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 520-490 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 ; 12,43 g; 21 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Naxus
Region	Ägäische Inseln
Country	Greece
Publications	H. Nicolet-Pierre, Naxos (Cyclades) archaique: monnaie et histoire. La frappe des „Canthares“ de la fin du VIe siècle, QT 26, 1997, 63-121, bes. 69 Nr. 30 (D16/R 26, diese Münze, 520-490 v. Chr.); Schultz (1997) Nr. 15 (diese Münze); C. M. Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek coins (1976) Nr. 118 (um 530 v. Chr.); S. M. Hurter, The 'Octopus' Hoard, QT 36, 2007, 44 Nr. 5, 48 (mit weiteren Nachweisen in Funden).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1854/17387
previous Owner	Ernst aus'm Weerth - 1854
Object number	18203117
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