MK-B | Theben ca. 446-387 v. Chr.

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Theben ca. 446-387 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Galleries Altes Museum (temporarily closed) AM2/59a The Classical Period
Obverse	Böotischer Schild. Gammaförmige Punze.
Reverse	[ΘΕ]ΒΑΙΟΝ. Herakles nach r. gewandt beim Spannen seines Bogens, davor Keule, die mit dem verdicktem Ende auf der Standlinie steht.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 446-387 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 ; 11,89 g; 24 mm
Production	struck
Secondary treatments	punched
Mint	Thebes
Region	Böotien
Country	Greece
Publications	A. Baldwin Brett, Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Catalogue of Greek coins (1955) Nr. 1001 (stempelgleich, 446-387 v. Chr.).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1867/28778
Vendor (to Museum)	Paulos Ioannes Lambros
Object number	18205832
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