Kyzikos
ca. 550-460 v. Chr.
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Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault |
Obverse |
Kopf der Athena mit korinthischem Helm nach l. Daneben r. ein Thunfisch. |
Reverse |
Vertieftes, viergeteiltes Quadrat (Quadratum incusum). |
Date |
ca. 550-460 v. Chr. Classical |
Denomination |
Stater StaterLiterally 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. |
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Electrum ; 16,10 g; 16-20 mm |
Publications |
W. Greenwell, The Electrum Coinage of Cyzicus (1887) 61 Nr. 26 a Taf. 2,2 (dieses Stück); H. von Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, Nomisma 7, 1912, 6 Gruppe 2 Nr. 64 (dieses Stück, 550-460 v. Chr.); K. Regling, Die antike Münze als Kunstwerk (1924) 126 Nr. 58 Taf. 3 (dieses Stück, nur Vorderseite in Abb., 570-520 v. Chr.). |
Department |
Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods |
previous Owner |
Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer 1874 - 1900
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