MK-B | Sikyon ca. 400-370 v. Chr.

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Sikyon ca. 400-370 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault
Obverse	ΣE. Chimäre nach r.
Reverse	Taube fliegt nach l., umlaufend ein Lorbeerkranz. Im r. F. oben ein A.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 400-370 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 ; 12,22 g; 26 mm; 3 h
Production	struck
Mint	Sicyon
Region	Achaea
Country	Greece
Publications	Vgl. H.-J. Bloesch, Griechische Münzen in Winterthur I (1987) Nr. 2124 (dort Chimäre nach l.) bzw. Nr. 2126 (dort Taube nach r.).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1911/199
Vendor (to Museum)	Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus (Berlin)
previous Owner	Baron Adalbert von Lanna
Object number	18207766
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godparenthood	Paul Donhuysen Certificate (PDF)