MK-B | Korinth ca. 510-480 v. Chr.

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Korinth ca. 510-480 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Galleries Altes Museum (temporarily closed) AM1/63a The Beginning of Coinage
Obverse	K [Koppa]. Pegasos mit Zügel nach l.
Reverse	Kopf der Athena mit Perlenkette und korinthischem Helm nach r., das Ganze in vertieftem Quadrat (quadratum incusum).
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 510-480 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 ; 8,60 g; 17-19 mm; 11 h
Production	struck cracked flan
Mint	Corinth
Region	Achaia
Country	Greece
Publications	O. E. Ravel, Les ‘poulains’ de Corinthe 1 (1936) 61 Nr. 122 Taf. 8 (dieses Stück, 549-510 v. Chr.); Schultz (1997) Nr. 27 (dieses Stück, Ende 6. Jh. v. Chr.); R. Calciati, Pegasi I (1990) 163 Nr. 49; C. M. Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (1976) 82 Nr. 226 Taf. 13 (um 500 v. Chr.); SNG Kopenhagen Nr. 6. 7. 13 Taf. 1 (datiert Nr. 6-7 ca. 540-510 und Nr. 13 ca. 510-480 v. Chr.).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1875 Prokesch-Osten
Year of access	1875
previous Owner	Count Anton Prokesch von Osten
Object number	18203388
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