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 mit losen Zügeln nach l. Darüber ein Stierschädel (bukranion) geschmückt mit Bändern (taenia).
Reverse	ΕΠΙ - ΝΕΟ-ΜΗ-ΝΙΟ. Weinstock mit fünf Trauben im Linienquadrat, darum der Beamtenname. Das Ganze in 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 ; 11,27 g; 25 mm; 12 h
Production	struck
Mint	Maroneia
Region	Thrace
Country	Greece
Publications	A. B. West, Fifth and Fourth Century Gold Coins from the Thracian Coast, ANS Numismatic Notes and Monographs 40 (1929) 140 Nr. 104 b Taf. 14 (dieses Stück); E. Schönert-Geiss, Die Münzprägung von Maroneia (1987) 40. 156 Nr. 431,1 (dieses Stück, ca. 386/385-348/347 v. Chr.).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Magistrate (Ant)	Neomenios
Accession	1900 Imhoof-Blumer
previous Owner	Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer 1891 - 1900
Object number	18243376
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