MK-B | Korinth ca. 550-520 v. Chr.

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Korinth ca. 550-520 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Galleries Altes Museum (temporarily closed) AM1/62 The Beginning of Coinage
Obverse	K [K als Koppa]. Pegasos mit Zügeln nach l. auf gepunkteter Standlinie.
Reverse	Ein Quadratum incusum aus vier kleineren Quadraten gebildet, die jeweils in der Diagonale unterteilt sind, die Dreiecke sind teilweise verfüllt.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 550-520 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 ; 8,24 g; 26 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Corinth
Region	Achaia
Country	Greece
Publications	H. Dressel, Altgriechischer Münzfund aus Ägypten, ZfN 22, 1900, 236 Nr. 21 Taf. 8,4 (dieses Stück) = IGCH I Nr. 1639; O. E. Ravel, Les ‘poulains’ de Corinthe I (1936) 43 Nr. 12 a Taf. 1 (dieses Stück, 650-550 v. Chr.); Schultz (1997) Nr. 26 (dieses Stück, um 550 v. Chr.); R. Calciati, Pegasi I (1990) Nr. 7.
Web Portals	http://coinhoards.org/id/igch1639
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1899/880
Vendor (to Museum)	Giovanni Dattari
Find place	Egypt, Sakha
Object number	18203387
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