MK-B | Zypern ca. 550-500 v. Chr.

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Zypern ca. 550-500 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Galleries Altes Museum (temporarily closed) AM1/34 The Beginning of Coinage
Obverse	Männlicher Kopf mit Helm nach l., auf dem Helmkessel ein Kreuz und zwei weiteren Zeichen (Buchstaben?).
Reverse	Vertieftes Quadrat mit Aussparung, darin nach l. kniende Flügelfigur, der Kopf frontal (?).
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 550-500 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 ; 10,99 g; 24 mm; 9 h
Production	struck
Region	Cyprus
Country	Cyprus
Publications	H. Dressel - K. Regling, Zwei altägyptische Funde altgriechischer Silbermünzen, ZfN 37, 1927, 73 f. Nr. 130 Taf. 2 (dieses Stück) = IGCH I Nr. 1637.
Web Portals	http://coinhoards.org/id/igch1637
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1902/685
Year of access	1902
Find place	Egypt, Demanhur
Object number	18203119
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