MK-F | Poseidion (Karpathos) 500-480 v. Chr.

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Poseidion (Karpathos) 500-480 v. Chr.
	Frankfurt am Main, Goethe-Universität, Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften II Cast collection, Abteilung II
Inventory no	G492ar
Obverse	Zwei Delfine, oberer nach l., unterer nach r., darunter kleiner Delfin nach r., oben Blütenornamente.
Reverse	Quadratum incusum, längsgeteilt.
Class/status	City
Date	500-480 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 ; 13,57 g; 21 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Poseidium (Carpathus)
Region	Karische Inseln
Country	Greece
Publications	SNG von Aulock 2743 (diese Münze).
Web Portals	http://hno.huma-num.fr/browse?idType=343
Item	Plaster Cast (coin)
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
previous Owner	Konrad Kraft
Object number	ID682
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