MK-B | Elis ca. 421-365 v. Chr.

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Elis ca. 421-365 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Galleries Altes Museum (temporarily closed) AM-2/29 The Classical Period
Obverse	Kopf des Zeus mit Olivenkranz nach r. Im r. F. ein Graffito aus A und X.
Reverse	F-A / Δ-A. Senkrecht stehendes stilisiertes geflügeltes Blitzbündel in Olivenkranz.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 421-365 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 ; 12,14 g; 23-25 mm; 6 h
Production	struck
Secondary treatments	Graffito
Mint	Elis
Region	Elis
Country	Greece
Publications	Schultz (1997) Nr. 35 (dieses Stück, um 420 v. Chr.); K. Regling, Die antike Münze als Kunstwerk (1924) Nr. 462 Taf. 21 (dieses Stück); C. T. Seltman, The Temple Coins of Olympia (1921) 44 Nr. 145a (BQ/γο, dieses Stück, 421-365 v. Chr.); C. M. Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (1976) 105 Nr. 328 Taf. 18 (ca. 416 v. Chr.).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1890/385
Object number	18214836
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