MK-B | Korkyra (Korfu) ca. 460-380 v. Chr.

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Korkyra (Korfu) ca. 460-380 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Temporary Exhibitions TAU5/11 TOPOI: Threedimensional Representations on greek coins I
Obverse	Eine Kuh steht nach l., ihr Kalb säugend, zu welchem sie ihren Kopf umwendet.
Reverse	Rundes incusum, darin Kreis, darin zwei Quadrate, das innere in der Hälfte geteilt. In jeder Hälfte fast dasselbe Ornament aus einer Reihe aus drei Punkten, zu deren Seiten je drei tropfenförmige Gebilde.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 460-380 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 ; 10,76 g; 22 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Corcyra (Corfu)
Region	Inseln vor Epirus
Country	Greece
Publications	C. M. Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (1976) Nr. 447 f. (datiert 460-380 v. Chr.).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1875 Prokesch-Osten
Year of access	1875
previous Owner	Count Anton Prokesch von Osten
Object number	18226309
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