MK-WUE | Lukanien: Poseidonia 445-420 v. Chr.

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Lukanien: Poseidonia 445-420 v. Chr.
	Würzburg, Martin von Wagner Museum der Universität vault
Inventory no	Ka 934
Obverse	ΠOΣEI. Poseidon stehend n. r., Chlamys (Mantel) über den Schultern, mit dem rechten Arm Dreizack erhoben; dreifacher Linienkreis.
Reverse	ΠOΣEI [retrograd]. Stier auf doppelter Standlinie n. l.
Class/status	City
Date	445-420 v. Chr.
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 ; 7,35 g; 21 mm; 9 h
Production	struck
Mint	Poseidonia-Paestum
Region	Lucania
Country	Italy
Publications	N.K. Rutter, Historia Numorum. Italy (London 2001), Nr. 1116.
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Object number	ID139
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