MK-B | Korinth ca. 350-338 v. Chr.

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Korinth ca. 350-338 v. Chr.
	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.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 350-338 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 ; 8,58 g; 21 mm; 12 h
Production	struck
Mint	Corinth
Region	Achaia
Country	Greece
Issued	ca. 350-338 v. Chr.
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.
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1873 Fox
previous Owner	1. Charles Richard Fox 1849 - 1873 2. Thomas Burgon - 1849
Object number	18214912
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