Haliartos
ca. 450-440 v. Chr.
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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. |
Date |
ca. 450-440 v. Chr. Classical |
Denomination |
Stater StaterLiterally 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. |
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. |
Department |
Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods |