MK-WUE | Lukanien: Metapont 340-330 v. Chr.

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Lukanien: Metapont 340-330 v. Chr.
	Würzburg, Martin von Wagner Museum der Universität vault
Inventory no	Ka 1669 = H 6244
Obverse	Kopf des Leukippos mit korinthischem Helm n. r.; links Fackel.
Reverse	META. Gerstenähre mit Blatt n. r., rechts davon ⱵH.
Class/status	City
Date	340-330 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 ; 7,89 g; 21 mm; 11 h
Production	struck
Mint	Metaponto
Region	Lucania
Country	Italy
Publications	N.K. Rutter, Historia Numorum. Italy (London 2001), Nr. 1555 (Datierung); A. Johnston, The Coinage of Metapontum. Part 3, ANS NNM 164 (New York 1990), Nr. 5.3.
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Hellenism
Vendor (to prev. Owner)	Gerhard Hirsch (Munich)
Object number	ID453
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