MK-WUE | Lesbos: Incertum um 500 v. Chr.

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Lesbos: Incertum um 500 v. Chr.
	Würzburg, Martin von Wagner Museum der Universität temporary exhibitions
Inventory no	Ka 1336 = H 6703
Obverse	Zwei gegenständige Kalbsköpfe, dazwischen Olivenbaum.
Reverse	Quadratum Incusum mit unregelmäßiger Oberfläche.
Class/status	City
Date	um 500 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 ; 10,96 g; 20 mm
Production	struck
Region	Lesbos
Country	Greece
Publications	SNG v. Aulock, Nr. 1682 und Nr. 7710; L. Lazzarini, A Contribution to the Study of the Archaic Billion Coinage of Lesbos, in: Obolos 9 (2010), Gruppe III.
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Vendor (to prev. Owner)	Classical Numismatic Group
previous Owner	Herbert Wellhöfer 1997 - 2016
Object number	ID632
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