Korinth
ca. 350-338 v. Chr.
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Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen  Coin Galleries Altes Museum (temporarily closed) AM2/34 The Classical Period |
Obverse |
K [K als Koppa]. Pegasos nach l. fliegend. |
Reverse |
Kopf der Athena mit korinthischem Helm nach l., dahinter im Nacken fliegt eine kleine Nike mit einem Band (taenia) in beiden Händen nach l. auf Athena zu. Unter dem Kinn der Göttin der Buchstabe I. |
Date |
ca. 350-338 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. |
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Silver ; 8,58 g; 21 mm; 12 h |
Publications |
O. E. Ravel, Les 'Poulains' de Corinthe II (1948) Nr. 1030 b Taf. 63 (dieses Stück); J. B. Cammann, The Symbols on Staters of Corinthian Type. ANS Numismatic Notes and Monographs 53 (1932) Nr. 84; A. Baldwin Brett, Catalogue of Greek Coins. Museum of Fine Arts Boston (1955) Nr. 1141 Taf. 59 (350-338 v. Chr.); R. Calciati, Pegasi I (1990) 260 Nr. 420. |
Department |
Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods |
previous Owner |
1.
Charles Richard Fox 1849 - 1873
 2.
Thomas Burgon - 1849
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