Kyzikos
ca. 410-334 v. Chr.
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Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault |
Obverse |
Pferd mit losem Halfter galoppiert nach l. Unten ein Thunfisch nach l. |
Reverse |
Vertieftes, viergeteiltes Quadrat (Quadratum incusum). |
Date |
ca. 410-334 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 ; 16,06 g; 18 mm |
Publications |
F. Lenormant, Statères inédits de Cyzique, Revue Numismatique 1864, 7 Taf. 1,1 (dieses Stück, Zeichnung, Besitz Lambros); W. Greenwell, The Electrum Coinage of Cyzicus (1887) 110 Nr. 126 (dieses Stück); H. von Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, Nomisma 7, 1912, 16 Gruppe 4 Nr. 218 (410-334 v. Chr.). |
Department |
Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods |
previous Owner |
Count Anton Prokesch von Osten - 1875
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