MK-ATW-KHM | Epirus: Alexander Neoptolemos 342

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Epirus: Alexander Neoptolemos 342–326 v. Chr.
	Wien, Münzkabinett, Kunsthistorisches Museum Coin Gallery, KHM
Inventory no	GR 12009
Obverse	Kopf des Zeus Dodonaeos nach rechts mit Eichenkranz
Reverse	AΛEΞANΔPOY / TOY NEOΠTOΛEMOY. Blitzbündel; links Adler
Class/status	Ancient Ruler's issue
Date	342–326 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 ; 10,78 g; 23 mm; 1 h
Production	struck
Region	Epiros
Country	Greece
Publications	Mildenberg – Hurter 1985, 1438; BMC, 3 - 4; Fischer-Bossert 1999, Beilage 4, 3
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	Slg. Tiepolo
Year of access	1821
Object number	ID99254
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