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.
Reverse	ΕΠΙ - ΠΟΛ-ΥΝΙ-ΚΟΥ. 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 ; 7,49 g; 21-24 mm; 12 h
Production	struck
Mint	Maroneia
Region	Thrace
Country	Greece
Publications	F. Imhoof-Blumer, Griechische Münzen in dem königlichen Münzkabinet im Haag und in den anderen Sammlungen, ZfN 3, 1876, 285 Nr. 29 (dieses Stück); A. B. West, Fifth and Fourth Century Gold Coins from the Thracian Coast, ANS Numismatic Notes and Monographs 40 (1929) 144 Nr. 142 (dieses Stück); E. Schönert-Geiss, Die Münzprägung von Maroneia (1987) 40. 158 Nr. 459 Taf. 21 (dieses Stück, ca. 386/385-348/347 v. Chr.).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Magistrate (Ant)	Polynikos
Accession	1900 Imhoof-Blumer
previous Owner	Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer - 1900
Object number	18243380
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