MK-B | Elis ca. 363-343 v. Chr.

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Elis ca. 363-343 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Galleries Altes Museum (temporarily closed) AM2/33a The Classical Period
Obverse	Kopf des Zeus mit Lorbeerkranz nach r.
Reverse	F-A / A-P. Adler nach r. auf einem ionischen Säulenkapitell.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 363-343 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 ; 12,15 g; 25 mm; 12 h
Production	struck
Mint	Elis
Region	Elis
Country	Greece
Publications	A. Löbbecke, Griechische Münzen aus meiner Sammlung, ZfN 17, 1890, 5 f. Taf. 1,6 (dieses Stück); C. T. Seltman, The Temple Coins of Olympia (1921) 60 Nr. 193 a Taf. 6 (dieses Stück, CJ/εβ, 363-343 v. Chr.); K. Regling, Die antike Münze als Kunstwerk (1924) Nr. 668 Taf. 32 (dieses Stück); P. R. Franke - M. Hirmer, Die griechische Münze (1972) 108 Nr. 504 Taf. 157 (dieses Stück, um 363-343 v. Chr.); Schultz (1997) Nr. 38 (dieses Stück).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1906 Löbbecke
previous Owner	Arthur Löbbecke
Object number	18214858
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