MK-B | Theben ca. 500-480 v. Chr.

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Theben ca. 500-480 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Galleries Altes Museum (temporarily closed) AM-1/59b The Beginning of Coinage
Obverse	Böotischer Schild.
Reverse	Θ. „Windmühlenincusum“, in der Mitte der erste Buchstabe des Stadtnamens.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 500-480 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 ; 11,96 g; 19 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Thebes
Region	Böotien
Country	Greece
Publications	Friedländer - von Sallet Nr. 18 (dieses Stück); A. Baldwin Brett, Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Catalogue of Greek coins (1955) 134 Nr. 986 Taf. 52 (550-480 v. Chr.); C. M. Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek coins (1976) Nr. 344 (ca. 500 v. Chr.).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1862/28394
previous Owner	Consul general Christian Wilhelm Huber - 1862
Object number	18203378
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