MK-B | Idalion ca. 500-480 v. Chr.

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Idalion ca. 500-480 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault
Obverse	Sphinx sitzt mit erhobenem r. Vorderbein nach r. Im l. F. ein Punktornament.
Reverse	Quadratum incusum in Form eines Knöchels (astragalos).
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 500-480 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 ; 10,78 g; 24 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Idalium
Region	Cyprus
Country	Cyprus
Publications	K. Lembke (Hrsg.), Zypern. Insel der Aphrodite. Katalog Hildesheim (2010) 56 Nr. 12 (dieses Stück); BMC Cyprus 24 Nr. 2-3 (500-480 v. Chr.).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1873 Fox
Year of access	1873
previous Owner	Charles Richard Fox
Find place	Cyprus
Object number	18217980
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