MK-B | Lampsakos ca. 387-334 v. Chr.

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Lampsakos ca. 387-334 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault
Obverse	Kopf der Demeter mit Ährenkranz nach r.
Reverse	Vorderteil (Protome) eines geflügelten Pferdes nach r.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 387-334 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.
	Gold ; 8,37 g; 17 mm; 11 h
Production	struck
Mint	Lampsacus
Region	Mysien
Country	Turkey
Publications	A. Löbbecke, Münzfund bei Avola, ZfN 17, 1890, 169 Nr. 4 Taf. 10,4 (dieses Stück) = IGCH I Nr. 2124; A. Baldwin, Lampsakos: The Gold Staters, Silver and Bronze Coinages, American Journal of Numismatics 53, 1924, 21 Nr. 9 a Taf. 1,15 (dieses Stück).
Web Portals	http://coinhoards.org/id/igch2124 http://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_14940
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1906 Löbbecke
previous Owner	Arthur Löbbecke - 1906
Find place	Italy, Avola
Object number	18268730
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