MK-B | Kroton ca. 480-430 v. Chr.

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Kroton ca. 480-430 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault
Obverse	ϘPO. Dreifuß mit Löwentatzenfüßen sowie Volutenverzierung. Am Kesselrand drei Ringhenkel. Im r. F. ein Schreitvogel (Kranich?). Bodenlinie.
Reverse	Dreifuß mit Löwentatzenfüßen und Binnenzeichnung. Bodenlinie. Das Ganze vertieft.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 480-430 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 ; 7,94 g; 20 mm; 12 h
Production	struck
Secondary treatments	overstruck
Mint	Croton
Region	Bruttium
Country	Italy
Publications	SNG Kopenhagen Nr. 1752 (ca. 550-480 v. Chr.); SNG ANS III Nr. 273-277; P. Attianese, Calabria greca. Greek coins of Calabria I (1974) 182 Nr. 319 (ca. 500-460 v. Chr.); N. K. Rutter, Historia Numorum. Italy (2001) 169 Nr. 2102 (ca. 480-430 v. Chr.).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1863 Dannenberg
previous Owner	Friedrich Emil Hermann Dannenberg - 1863
Object number	18257840
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