MK-MS-Uni | Metapont ca. 540-510 v. Chr.

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Metapont ca. 540-510 v. Chr.
	Münster, Archäologisches Museum der Universität Vault
Inventory no	M 256
Obverse	ΜΕΤΑΠ. Ähre mit Grannen.
Reverse	Ähre mit Grannen (inkus).
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 540-510 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 ; 7,11 g; 27 mm; 12 h
Production	struck
Mint	Metaponto
Region	Lucania
Country	Italy
Publications	S. P. Noe, The Coinage of Metapontum, ANS Numismatic Notes and Monographs 32/47 (1927/1932, bzw. with additions and corrections by Ann Johnston 1984) Nr. 136 (Gruppe VII); N. K. Rutter, Historia Numorum 1. Italy (2001) 131 Nr. 1481.
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
previous Owner	Theobald Bieder
Object number	ID353
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