MK-B | Haliartos ca. 450-440 v. Chr.

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Haliartos ca. 450-440 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault
Obverse	Böotischer Schild mit Punktlinie am Schildrand.
Reverse	A-RI [Retrograd]. Volutenkrater mit horizontaler Efeuranke im Quadratum Incusum, umlaufend ARI.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 450-440 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 ; 12,43 g; 19 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Haliartus
Region	Böotien
Country	Greece
Publications	Friedländer - von Sallet Nr. 66 (dieses Stück); BMC Central Greece 49 Nr. 12 Taf. 7, 15; F. Imhoof-Blumer, Zur Münzkunde Boeotiens und des peloponnesischen Argos, Numismatische Zeitschrift 1877, 17 Nr. 47 Taf. 1.
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1873 Fox
previous Owner	Charles Richard Fox
Object number	18206854
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godparenthood	Dr. George Koullias