Maroneia
ca. 386/385-348/347 v. Chr.
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Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault |
Obverse |
Springendes Pferd mit losen Zügeln nach l. |
Reverse |
ΕΠΙ - ΙΚΕ-ΣΙΟ. Weinstock mit vier Trauben im Linienquadrat, darum der Beamtenname. Im l. F. ein Hermesstab (kerykeion) |
Date |
ca. 386/385-348/347 v. Chr. Classical |
Denomination |
Stater StaterLiterally 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. |
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Silver ; 10,72 g; 22 mm; 11 h |
Publications |
A. B. West, Fifth and Fourth Century Gold Coins from the Thracian Coast, ANS Numismatic Notes and Monographs 40 (1929) 139 Nr. 91 (dieses Stück); E. Schönert-Geiss, Monetosečeneto na Maroneja, Numizmatika 16/4, 1982, 5 Nr. 12 (dieses Stück); E. Schönert-Geiss, Die Münzprägung von Maroneia (1987) 39 f. 155 Nr. 420 Taf. 19 (dieses Stück, ca. 386/385-348/347 v. Chr.). |
Department |
Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods |