MK-B | Abdera ca. 395-360 v. Chr.

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Abdera ca. 395-360 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault
Obverse	Greif hockt mit geöffneten Flügeln nach l.
Reverse	Δ-I-ONY-[Σ]A-Σ. Kopf des Dionysos mit Efeukranz nach r. In leicht vertieftem Quadrat.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 395-360 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 ; 12,40 g; 23 mm; 12 h
Production	struck
Mint	Abdera
Region	Thrace
Country	Greece
Publications	J. M. F. May, The Coinage of Abdera (540-345 B.C.) (1966) 213 Nr. 289 a Taf. 16 (dieses Stück, Periode VI, Gruppe XCVII, ca. 411/410-386/385 v. Chr.); S. Boutin, Catalogue des monnaies grecques antiques de l'ancienne collection Pozzi (1979) 123 Nr. 2270 Taf. 99 (dieses Stück); AMNG II-1 68 Nr. 90; K. Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'Histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace (2007) 119-126 (395-360 v. Chr.).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Magistrate (Ant)	Dionysas
Accession	1922/74
previous Owner	1. Charles Theodore Seltman 1920 - 1922 2. Samuel Pozzi - 1918
Object number	18241712
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