MK-B | Samothrake ca. 500-478 v. Chr.

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Samothrake ca. 500-478 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault
Obverse	Σ-Α. Sphinx nach l. hockend, die r. Vorderpfote ist erhoben.
Reverse	Viergeteiltes Quadratum Incusum.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 500-478 v. Chr. Archaic
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 ; 8,06 g; 21 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Samothrace
Region	Islands off Thrace
Country	Greece
Publications	W. Schwabacher, Ein Fund archaischer Münzen von Samothrake, in: Transactions of the International Numismatic Congress London 1936 (1938) 110 Nr. 1 Taf. 11,1; E. Schönert-Geiss in: XAPAKTHP. Festschrift M. Oikonomidou (1996) 271 ff. 272 Abb. 1,1 (ca. 500-478 v. Chr.); O. Hoover, The Handbook of Greek coinage series VI (2010) 71 Nr. 301 (ca. 500-475 v. Chr.).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1911/178
previous Owner	A. J. Terjis - 1911
Object number	18247067
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