MK-WUE | Elis: Olympia 471-452 v. Chr.

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Elis: Olympia 471-452 v. Chr.
	Würzburg, Martin von Wagner Museum der Universität vault
Inventory no	Ka 1197 = H 6564
Obverse	Adler n. r. stürzt sich auf fliehenden Hasen n. r.; zwei Gegenstempel oben rechts.
Reverse	F-A. Nike schreitend n. l., rechte Hand nach vorne ausgestreckt, mit der linken Hand in das Gewand greifend; links ein Prüfschlag.
Class/status	City
Date	471-452 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 ; 11,68 g; 23 mm; 3 h
Production	struck
Secondary treatments	countermarked
Mint	Elis
Region	Elis
Country	Greece
Publications	C.T. Seltman, The Temple Coins of Olympia (Cambridge 1921), Nr. 70 (stempelgleich).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Vendor (to prev. Owner)	Numismatik Lanz (Munich)
previous Owner	1. Herbert Wellhöfer 2011 - 2016 2. Charles Theodore Seltman
Object number	ID256
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