MK-WUE | Karien: Incertum Anfang 5. Jh. v. Chr.

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Karien: Incertum Anfang 5. Jh. v. Chr.
	Würzburg, Martin von Wagner Museum der Universität vault
Inventory no	Ka 1311 = H 6678
Obverse	Löwenprotome n. r., ein Vorderlauf unter dem Kopf.
Reverse	Diagonal geteiltes Quadratum Incusum.
Class/status	City
Date	Anfang 5. Jh. 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 ; 10,86 g; 21 mm
Production	struck
Region	Karien
Country	Turkey
Publications	SNG München, Nr. 280 ("unbekannter Prägeherr, früher Knidos zugewiesen"); E. Babelon, Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines, Bd. II, 1 (Paris 1907), Nr. 915-916 (Münzstätte Issos); BMC Lycia, Pamphylia and Pisidia, Issos, Nr. 1-2 ("attribution to Issus conjectual"); W. Greenwell, On some rare Greek coins, NC 17 (1897), S. 280, Nr. 1 var. (Teilung des Incusums, siehe S. 281), B.V. Head, Historia Numorum (Oxford 1887, 1. Auflage), S. 523, Anm. 1 (Münzstätte Knidos?).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Vendor (to prev. Owner)	Gorny & Mosch (Munich)
previous Owner	Herbert Wellhöfer 2013 - 2016
Object number	ID615
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