MK-MS-Uni | Dyrrhachion ca. 450-350 v. Chr.

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Dyrrhachion ca. 450-350 v. Chr.
	Münster, Archäologisches Museum der Universität Vault
Inventory no	M 747
Obverse	Kuh n. r. mit zurückgewandtem Kopf (und Δ auf der Kruppe) säugt ihr Kalb.
Reverse	Δ-Υ-Ρ. Zweigeteilte Tafel mit floral-ornamentalem Motiv; unten eine Keule n. l.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 450-350 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 ; 10,70 g; 21 mm; 9 h
Production	struck
Mint	Dyrrhachium
Region	Illyria
Country	Albania
Publications	BMC Thessaly etc. 65 Nr. 3; A. Maier, Die Silberprägung von Apollonia und Dyrrhachion, Numismatische Zeitschrift 41, 1908, 18 Nr. 12; SNG Cop XI Nr. 422.
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Year of access	1956
previous Owner	Theobald Bieder
Object number	ID429
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