MK-B | Delos ca. 515/510-490/480 v. Chr.

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Delos ca. 515/510-490/480 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault
Obverse	Leier (kithara).
Reverse	Vertieftes, viergeteiltes Quadrat (Quadratum incusum).
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 515/510-490/480 v. Chr. Archaic
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.
	Silver ; 7,74 g; 19 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Delus
Region	Aegaean Islands
Country	Greece
Publications	K. A. Sheedy, The Archaic and Early Classical Coinages of the Cyclades. Royal Numismatic Society Special Publications 40 (2006) 191 Nr. 15 Taf. 9,15 (Serie 2, ca. 515/510-490/480 v. Chr., dieses Stück); T. Hackens, Les Monnaies, Delos 27, 1970, 388 Nr. F1 Taf. 64 (vor 480 v. Chr.); J. N. Svoronos, Corpus of the Ancient Coins of Athens (1975) Taf. 105,6; O. Hoover, The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series VI (2010) 119 Nr. 482 (ca. 515/10-490/80 v. Chr.).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1906 Löbbecke
previous Owner	Arthur Löbbecke - 1906
Object number	18311049
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