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Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault |
Obverse |
Landschildkröte in Aufsicht. |
Reverse |
Quadratum incusum fünffach geteilt. |
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. |
Publications |
Friedländer - von Sallet 58 Nr. 35 (dieses Stück); R. Weil, ZfN 28, 1910, 357 Taf. 9,1 (dieses Stück); SNG Kopenhagen Nr. 517. |
Department |
Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods |