MK-ATW-KHM | Metapont ca. 540

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Metapont ca. 540–510 v. Chr.
	Wien, Münzkabinett, Kunsthistorisches Museum Coin Collection, KHM Permanent Exhibitions
Inventory no	GR 3939
Obverse	ME - TA. Kornähre
Reverse	-. Inkus: Kornähre
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 ; 8,12 g; 30 mm; 12 h
Production	struck
Mint	Metaponto
Region	Lucania
Country	Italy
Publications	Noe / Johnston 1984, 100ff. (Klasse V); HN Italy, 1470
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	-
Object number	ID91184
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