MK-B | Korkyra (Korfu) ca. 460-450 v. Chr.

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Korkyra (Korfu) ca. 460-450 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Temporary Exhibitions TAU5/10b TOPOI: Threedimensional Representations on greek coins I
Obverse	Eine Kuh steht nach l., ihr Kalb säugend, zu welchem sie ihren Kopf umwendet.
Reverse	Quadratum incusum, darin Quadrat, das in der Hälfte geteilt ist. In jeder Hälfte fast dasselbe Ornament aus einer Reihe aus drei Punkten, zu deren Seiten je drei tropfenförmige Gebilde.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 460-450 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 ; 10,89 g; 21 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Corcyra (Corfu)
Region	Inseln vor Epirus
Country	Greece
Publications	C. M. Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (1976) Nr. 447 (um 460 v. Chr.).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1900 Imhoof-Blumer
previous Owner	Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer
Object number	18226307
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