MK-WUE | Lykien: Kuprlli 470-440 v. Chr.

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Lykien: Kuprlli 470-440 v. Chr.
	Würzburg, Martin von Wagner Museum der Universität vault
Inventory no	Ka 1355 = H 6722
Obverse	Wildesel stehend n. r., Kopf zurückgewandt, leckt seinen rechten Hinterlauf.
Reverse	KU-PR-LLI [Transkription der lykischen Legende]. Triskeles; in Quadratum Incusum mit Perlquadrat.
Class/status	Ancient Ruler's issue
Authority	Kuprlli (c. 440 BC), dynast in Lycia
Date	470-440 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 ; 8,58 g; 18 mm
Production	struck
Region	Lykien
Country	Turkey
Publications	O. Mørkholm - J. Zahle, The Coinage of Kuprilli. Numismatic and Archaeological Study, in: Acta Archaeologica 43 (1972), Nr. 93; W. Müseler, Lykische Münzen in europäischen Privatsammlungen (Istanbul 2016), Nr. VI, 37 (dieses Stück).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Vendor (to prev. Owner)	Nomos AG (Zurich)
previous Owner	Herbert Wellhöfer 2012 - 2016
Object number	ID313
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