MK-WUE | Lukanien: Metapont 540-510 v. Chr.

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Lukanien: Metapont 540-510 v. Chr.
	Würzburg, Martin von Wagner Museum der Universität temporary exhibitions
Inventory no	Ka 1667 = H 6242
Obverse	META. Gerstenähre; Perlkreis eingefasst von zwei Linienkreisen.
Reverse	Gerstenähre als Negativ im Incusum.
Class/status	City
Date	540-510 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 ; 8,00 g; 27 mm; 12 h
Production	struck
Mint	Metaponto
Region	Lucania
Country	Italy
Publications	N.K. Rutter, Historia Numorum. Italy (London 2001), Nr. 1479 (Datierung); S. P. Noe, The Coinage of Metapontum, ANS NNM 32 (New York 1927), Nr. 122 (Class VI).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Vendor (to prev. Owner)	Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger (Frankfurt am Main)
Object number	ID449
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