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 eine fliegende Eule in der Vorderansicht.
Reverse	ΕΠΙ Π-ΑΤΡ-ΟΚΛ-ΕΟΣ. Weinstock mit vier Trauben im Linienquadrat, darum der Beamtenname.
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 ; 10,78 g; 21 mm; 10 h
Production	struck
Mint	Maroneia
Region	Thrace
Country	Greece
Publications	Autonome thrakische Münzen der Sammlung Prokesch-Osten, Numismatische Zeitschrift 1872, 202 Nr. 13 (dieses Stück); Beschreibung (1888) 180 Nr. 41 (dieses Stück); A. B. West, Fifth and Fourth Century Gold Coins from the Thracian Coast, ANS Numismatic Notes and Monographs 40 (1929) 142 Nr. 123 Taf. 14 (dieses Stück); E. Schönert-Geiss, Die Münzprägung von Maroneia (1987) 40. 162 Nr. 493 Taf. 23 (dieses Stück, ca. 386/385-348/347 v. Chr.).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Magistrate (Ant)	Patrokles
Accession	1875 Prokesch-Osten
previous Owner	Count Anton Prokesch von Osten - 1875
Object number	18243377
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