MK-B | Dardanos ca. 500-494 v. Chr.

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Dardanos ca. 500-494 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Galleries Altes Museum (temporarily closed) AM1/18 The Beginning of Coinage
Obverse	Hahn nach r., darüber Blütenornament (Palmette).
Reverse	Vertieftes und viergeteiltes Quadrat.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 500-494 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.
	Electrum ; 13,92 g; 20 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Dardanus
Region	Troas
Country	Turkey
Publications	G. K. Jenkins - M. Castro Hipólito, A Catalogue of the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection of Greek coins II (1989) Nr. 727 Taf. 69 (Zeit des ionischen Aufstandes).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1900 Imhoof-Blumer
previous Owner	Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer
Object number	18202943
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