MK-B | Korinth ca. 430-415 v. Chr.

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Korinth ca. 430-415 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Galleries Altes Museum (temporarily closed) AM4/62a Begin of Bronze Coinage
Obverse	K [K als Koppa]. Pegasos nach l. fliegend.
Reverse	Kopf der Athena mit korinthischem Helm nach l. Im Nacken eine Palmette und davor ein Δ. Doppelschlag.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 430-415 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 ; 8,27 g; 18 mm; 9 h
Production	struck double strike
Mint	Corinth
Region	Achaia
Country	Greece
Publications	O. E. Ravel, Les 'Poulains' de Corinthe II (1948) Nr. 332 a Taf. 60 (dieses Stück). Vgl. J. B. Cammann, The Symbols on Staters of Corinthian Type. ANS Numismatic Notes and Monographs 53 (1932) 66 Nr. 56 Taf. 5 (Δ an anderer Position); R. Calciati, Pegasi I (1990) 252 Nr. 392 (Δ an anderer Position).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1900 Imhoof-Blumer
previous Owner	Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer - 1900
Object number	18227275
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