MK-WUE | Lukanien: Metapont 430-400 v. Chr.

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Lukanien: Metapont 430-400 v. Chr.
	Würzburg, Martin von Wagner Museum der Universität temporary exhibitions
Inventory no	Ka 1063 = H 6430
Obverse	Apollon auf einem Stuhl (Diphros) sitzend und Kithara spielend n. r., vor ihm Bäumchen; Perlkreis.
Reverse	META. Kornähre, rechts Grashüpfer.
Class/status	City
Date	430-400 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 ; 7,00 g; 25 mm; 5 h
Production	struck
Mint	Metaponto
Region	Lucania
Country	Italy
Publications	S.P. Noe, The coinage of Metapontum. Part 2, ANS NNM 47 (New York 1931), Nr. 431; N.K. Rutter, Historia Numorum Italy (London 2001), Nr. 1504; R.R. Holloway, Art and coinage in Magna Graecia (Bellinzona 1978), Nr. 4 (stempelgleich).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Vendor (to prev. Owner)	Leu Numismatik AG (Zurich)
previous Owner	Herbert Wellhöfer 1999 - 2016
Object number	ID378
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