MK-B | Theben ca. 440-430 v. Chr.

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Theben ca. 440-430 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Galleries Altes Museum (temporarily closed) AM-2/59b The Classical Period
Obverse	Böotischer Schild.
Reverse	HEB-A / ΘΕΒΑΙΟΝ. Herakles spannt nach r. gewandt eine neue Sehne in seinen Bogen, dahinter steht seine Keule gegen den l. Inkusumrand gelehnt. Das Ganze in quadratum incusum.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 440-430 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 ; 11,86 g; 23-28 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Thebes
Region	Boeotia
Country	Greece
Publications	Schultz (1997) Nr. 49 (dieses Stück, um 440 v. Chr.); F. Imhoof-Blumer, Zur Münzkunde und Palaeograhie Boeotiens, Numismatische Zeitschrift 1871, 383-387; F. Imhoof-Blumer, Zur Münzkunde Boeotiens und des peloponnesischen Argos, Numismatische Zeitschrift 1877, 37-41; B. V. Head, On the chronological sequence of the coins of Boeotia, Numismatic Chronicle 1881, 206-209; P. R. Franke - M. Hirmer, Die griechische Münze ²(1972) Nr. 453 Taf. 144 (dieses Stück, um 446-426 v. Chr.). Vgl. zu HEBA: C. M. Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (1976) 111 Anm. 1.
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1891/464
Vendor (to Museum)	Jean-Henri Hoffmann
previous Owner	Ioannes Photiadès
Object number	18215462
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