MK-B | Maroneia ca. 386/385-348/347 v. Chr.

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Maroneia ca. 386/385-348/347 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault
Obverse	Springendes Pferd nach l. Darüber ein nach l. stehender Adler.
Reverse	ΕΠΙ ΗΓΗΣ/[Α]ΓΟΡΕΩ. Weinstock mit vier Trauben im Linienquadrat, darüber und darunter der Beamtenname. Das Ganze in vertieftem Quadratum Incusum.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 386/385-348/347 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 ; 10,61 g; 23 mm; 4 h
Production	struck
Mint	Maroneia
Region	Thrace
Country	Greece
Publications	Beschreibung (1888) 180 Nr. 39 (dieses Stück); A. B. West, Fifth and Fourth Century Gold Coins from the Thracian Coast, ANS Numismatic Notes and Monographs 40 (1929) 140 Nr. 98 Taf. 13 (dieses Stück); E. Schönert-Geiss, Die Münzprägung von Maroneia (1987) 40. 163 Nr. 500 Taf. 23 (dieses Stück, ca. 386/385-348/347 v. Chr.).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Magistrate (Ant)	Hegesagores
Accession	1873 Fox
previous Owner	1. Charles Richard Fox 1851 - 1873 2. James John Whittall - 1851
Object number	18243372
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