MK-B | Kroton 550-500 v. Chr.

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Kroton 550-500 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault
Obverse	ϘPO-TON. Dreifuß mit Löwentatzenfüßen sowie Voluten- und Punktverzierungen. Aus dem Kessel erheben sich zwei Schlangen. Am Kesselrand drei Ringhenkel. Dreifache Bodenlinie.
Reverse	Dreifuß mit Löwentatzenfüßen. Am Kesselrand drei Ringhenkel. Dreifache Bodenlinie. Das Ganze vertieft.
Class/status	City
Date	550-500 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 ; 8,31 g; 31 mm; 12 h
Production	struck
Mint	Croton
Region	Bruttium
Country	Italy
Publications	SNG Lockett Nr. 598; SNG Kopenhagen Nr. 1738 (ca. 550-480 v. Chr.); SNG München Nr. 1422 (ca. 530-500 v. Chr.); SNG ANS III Nr. 235-237; E. Montenegro, Monete di Italia Antica e Magna Grecia (1996) 581 Nr. 3261 (ca. 550-510 v. Chr.).
Web Portals	http://coinhoards.org/id/igch1889
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1906 Löbbecke
previous Owner	Arthur Löbbecke - 1906
Find place	Italy, Cittanuova
Object number	18257542
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