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. Darunter ein Dreizack. |
Reverse |
ΕΠΙ - ΖΗ-ΝΩ-ΝΟΣ [Z als I wiedergegeben]. Weinstock mit vier Trauben im Linienquadrat, darum der Beamtenname. |
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 ; 11,15 g; 25 mm; 6 h |
Publications |
Beschreibung (1888) 180 Nr. 37 (dieses Stück, 10,62 g); Friedländer - von Sallet Nr. 104 Nr. 299 (dieses Stück, 11,15 g); A. B. West, Fifth and Fourth Century Gold Coins from the Thracian Coast, ANS Numismatic Notes and Monographs 40 (1929) 144 Nr. 148 Taf. 15 (dieses Stück, 10,62 g); E. Schönert-Geiss, Die Münzprägung von Maroneia (1987) 40. 160 Nr. 475,1 Taf. 22 (Rs. in Abb., dieses Stück, ca. 386/385-348/347 v. Chr., 10,62 g). |
Department |
Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods |
previous Owner |
Lieutenant general Wilhelm von Knobelsdorff - 1820
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