MK-WUE | Könige von Lydien: Kroisos 561-546 v. Chr.

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Könige von Lydien: Kroisos 561-546 v. Chr.
	Würzburg, Martin von Wagner Museum der Universität vault
Inventory no	Ka 1341 = H 6708
Obverse	Gegenständiges Vorderteil (Protome) eines Löwen mit aufgerissenem Maul und ausgestreckter rechter Vorderpranke und eines Stiers mit linkem Vorderhuf.
Reverse	Zwei Quadrata Incusa nebeneinander.
Class/status	Ancient Ruler's issue
Authority	Croesos (c. 555-541 BC), king of Lydia
Date	561-546 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 ; 9,21 g; 19 mm
Production	struck
Region	Lydien
Country	Turkey
Publications	I. Carradice, The "Regal" Coinage of the Persian Empire, in: I. Carradice (Hg.), Coinage and Administration in the Athenian and Persian Empire, BAR International Series 343 (Oxford 1987), Nr. 4; SNG v. Aulock, Nr. 2874; SNG Kayhan, Nr. 1018.
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Vendor (to prev. Owner)	Roma Numismatics (London)
previous Owner	Herbert Wellhöfer 2014 - 2016
Object number	ID640
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