MK-B | Apollonia Pontike ca. 450-400 v. Chr.

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Apollonia Pontike ca. 450-400 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault
Obverse	[ΑΠ]O-ΛΛΩ[Ν]. Anker. Im l. F. ein Krebs.
Reverse	Gorgoneion.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 450-400 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 ; 9,99 g; 21 mm; 11 h
Production	struck
Mint	Apollonia Pontica
Region	Thracia
Country	Bulgaria
Publications	Auktion Tkalec AG vom 28. Oktober 1994 Nr. 53 (dieses Stück). Vgl. F. Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies Grecques (1883) 234 Nr. 25 a (Galvano, Astakos zugewiesen); B. Pick, Oberservations sur les monnaies d'Apollonia de Thrace, Revue Numismatique 1898, 219-230. 223 Anm. 1 (dito, Korrektur auf Apollonia Pontika).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1994/172
Vendor (to Museum)	Münzauktion A. Tkalec (Zurich)
Object number	18246285
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godparenthood	Dr. Florian Haymann