MK-WUE | Lukanien: Metapont 400-340 v. Chr.

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Lukanien: Metapont 400-340 v. Chr.
	Würzburg, Martin von Wagner Museum der Universität vault
Inventory no	Ka 1668 = H 6243
Obverse	Kopf der Demeter mit Haarband (Sphendone), Ohrring und Halskette n. l.; links ΖΩI als Graffito; Perlkreis.
Reverse	META [Legende auf erhabenem Täfelchen]. Gerstenähre mit Stiel und Blatt n. r., rechts davon ⱵHP; links NIΖBPI als Graffito.
Class/status	City
Date	400-340 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 ; 7,86 g; 21 mm; 3 h
Production	struck
Mint	Metaponto
Region	Lucania
Country	Italy
Publications	N.K. Rutter, Historia Numorum. Italy (London 2001), Nr. 1547 (Datierung); S. P. Noe, The Coinage of Metapontum. Part 2, ANS NNM 47 (New York 1931), Nr. 527.
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Hellenism
Vendor (to prev. Owner)	Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger (Frankfurt am Main)
Object number	ID451
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