MK-B | Siphnos um 550 v. Chr.

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Siphnos um 550 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Galleries Altes Museum (temporarily closed) AM1/31 The Beginning of Coinage
Obverse	Adler nach r. fliegend.
Reverse	Quadratisches Incusum mit Aussparung; Binnengliederung: Kreuz und zwei sich in der Mitte kreuzende Linien, die jeweils die Ecken miteinander verbinden.
Class/status	City
Date	um 550 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 ; 12,23 g; 18-20 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Siphnus
Region	Ägäische Inseln
Country	Greece
Publications	C. M. Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek coins (1976) Nr. 119 (um 540); SNG Kopenhagen Nr. 744 Taf. 16 (6. Jh. v. Chr.).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1900 Imhoof-Blumer
previous Owner	Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer
Object number	18203115
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