MK-B | Elis ca. 421-365 v. Chr.

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Elis ca. 421-365 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Galleries Altes Museum (temporarily closed) AM2/30 The Classical Period
Obverse	Adlerkopf nach l., darunter ein Pappelblatt, darauf Spuren der Signatur ΔA?
Reverse	F-A. Senkrecht stehendes stilisiertes geflügeltes Blitzbündel in Olivenkranz.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 421-365 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.
	Silver ; 12,24 g; 23 mm; 9 h
Production	struck
Mint	Elis
Region	Elis
Country	Greece
Publications	C. T. Seltman, The Temple Coins of Olympia (1921) 46 Nr. 153 a Taf. 5 (BT/γυ, dieses Stück, 421-365 v. Chr.); P. R. Franke - M. Hirmer, Die griechische Münze (1972) 108 Nr. 500 Taf. 157 (dieses Stück, 421-365 v. Chr.); Schultz (1997) Nr. 36 (dieses Stück, um 420-400 v. Chr.); K. Regling, Die antike Münze als Kunstwerk (1924) Nr. 460 Taf. 21; C. M. Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (1976) 358 Nr. 329 Taf. 18 (ca. 400 v. Chr.).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1873 Fox
previous Owner	1. Charles Richard Fox 1861 - 1873 2. Charles Louis William Merlin - 1861
Object number	18214841
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