MK-B | Lykien: Mithrapata 380-370 v. Chr.

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Lykien: Mithrapata 380-370 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Galleries Altes Museum (temporarily closed) AM-2/92 The Classical Period
Obverse	Löwenskalp.
Reverse	ME-XP-AΠ [lykische Schrift]. Triskeles in vertieftem Quadratum Incusum.
Authority	Mithrapata
Date	380-370 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 ; 9,81 g; 25 mm; 6 h
Production	struck
Region	Lykien
Country	Turkey
Publications	Schultz (1997) Nr. 92 (dieses Stück, um 390 v. Chr.); L. Mildenberg, Mithrapata und Perikles, Congresso internazionale di Numismatica 1961 II (1965) 48-52 Taf. 4, 13-19 (380-370 v. Chr.); O. Mørkholm, The Classification of Lycian Coins before Alexander the Great, JNG 14, 1964, 65 f. (geprägt in Zentrallykien, Antiphellos?); N. Olcay - O. Mørkholm, Numismatic Chronicle 1971, 4-7.
Web Portals	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/mithrapata_lycia_hoff_2017_m224-8
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1873 Fox
previous Owner	1. Charles Richard Fox 1867 - 1873 2. James John Whittall - 1867
Object number	18216769
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