MK-B | Salamis ca. 560-525 v. Chr.

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Salamis ca. 560-525 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Temporary Exhibitions TAU22
Obverse	Ein Widder liegt nach l., darum kyprische Buchstaben.
Reverse	Glatte Fläche.
Class/status	Ancient Ruler's issue
Authority	Euelthon (c. 560-520 BC), king of Salamis
Date	ca. 560-525 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 ; 11,10 g; 20 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Salamis
Region	Cyprus
Country	Cyprus
Publications	Friedländer - von Sallet Nr. 619 (dieses Stück); J. P. Six, Du classement des Séries Cypriotes, Revue Numismatique 1883, 266 Nr. 1 (dieses Stück, 560-525 v. Chr.); BMC Cyprus 46 Nr. 1-4 (Euelthon, ca. 560-525 v. Chr.); C. M. Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (1976) 377 Nr. 1078 (Euelthon, ca. 520 v. Chr.).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1852/10996
Year of access	1852
previous Owner	August Schönborn - 1852
Object number	18217660
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