MK-MS-Uni | Elis ca. 421-385 v. Chr.

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Elis ca. 421-385 v. Chr.
	Münster, Archäologisches Museum der Universität Archaeological Museum, Exhibition AM-1 Greek coins
Inventory no	M 869
Obverse	Kopf der Hera n. r., mit verziertem Polos.
Reverse	F-A [retrograd.]. Blitzbündel; außen Olivenkranz.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 421-385 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 ; 11,68 g; 25 mm; 6 h
Production	struck
Mint	Elis
Region	Elis
Country	Greece
Publications	O. Hoover, Handbook of Greek Coinage 5 (2011) 83 Nr. 343 (ca. 420 v. Chr.); SNG Copenhagen Bd. XVI Taf. 7 Nr. 382 (421-385 v. Chr.).
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
previous Owner	Theobald Bieder
Object number	ID985
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