Lampsakos
ca. 387-334 v. Chr.
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Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen  Münzkabinett, Vault |
Obverse |
Kopf des bartlosen Aktaion mit Hirschhorn nach l. |
Reverse |
Vorderteil (Protome) eines geflügelten Pferdes nach r. |
Date |
ca. 387-334 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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Gold ; 8,41 g; 18 mm; 5 h |
Publications |
A. Baldwin, Lampsakos: The Gold Staters, Silver and Bronze Coinages, American Journal of Numismatics 53, 1924, 30 Nr. 33 h Taf. 3,14 (dieses Stück). |
Department |
Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods |