MK-B | Sybaris ca. 550-510 v. Chr.

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Sybaris ca. 550-510 v. Chr.
	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).
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 550-510 v. Chr. Archaic
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 ; 7,82 g; 29 mm; 12 h
Production	struck
Mint	Sybaris
Region	Lucania
Country	Italy
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.).
Web Portals	http://coinhoards.org/id/igch1889
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1879/163
Vendor (to Museum)	L. Gabrielli
Find place	Italy, Cittanuova
Object number	18215968
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