Sybaris
ca. 550-510 v. Chr.
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Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen  Coin Galleries Altes Museum (temporarily closed) AM1/70 The Beginning of Coinage |
Obverse |
MVBAPΣTAM [retrograd]. Ein Stier steht nach l., den Kopf zurückgewandt. |
Reverse |
MV [retrograd]. Ein Stier steht nach r., den Kopf zurückgewandt. Das Ganze vertieft (inkus). |
Date |
ca. 550-510 v. Chr. Archaic  |
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 ; 7,82 g; 29 mm; 12 h |
Publications |
Friedländer - von Sallet Nr. 665 A (dieses Stück); F. von Duhn, Münzfund von Cittanuova, ZfN 7, 1880, 309 Taf. 4,5 (dieses Stück) = IGCH I Nr. 1889; Schultz (1997) Nr. 108 (dieses Stück, um 530-510 v. Chr.); N. K. Rutter, Historia Numorum. Italy (2001) 144 Nr. 1731 (dieses Stück, 550-510 v. Chr.); C. M. Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (1976) 365 Nr. 571 (ca. 550 v. Chr.). |
Department |
Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods |