MK-ATW-KHM | Aigina ca. 550

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Aigina ca. 550–456 v. Chr.
	Wien, Münzkabinett, Kunsthistorisches Museum Coin Collection, KHM Permanent Exhibitions
Inventory no	GR 35665
Obverse	Seeschildkröte
Reverse	Quadratum Incusum
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 550–456 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 ; 12,16 g; 19 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Aegina
Region	Attika (Inseln)
Country	Greece
Publications	SNG Cop, 507 (Typ)
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	Slg. Miller zu Aichholz, Viktor von
Year of access	1914
Object number	ID126038
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