MK-BO | Thasos ca. 520-510 v. Chr.

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Thasos ca. 520-510 v. Chr.
	Bochum, Kunstsammlungen der Ruhr-Universität Vault
Inventory no	M 982
Obverse	Silen, mit erigiertem Glied nach r. kniend, hält eine sich wehrende Mänade gepackt.
Reverse	Ein Quadrat bildendes Incusum, aus vier nicht miteinander verbundenen Ecken gebildet.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 520-510 v. Chr. Archaic
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 ; 8,97 g; 23 mm; 1 h
Production	struck
Mint	Thasus
Region	Islands off Thrace
Country	Greece
Publications	O. Picard, Les monnaies, in: Y. Grandjean - F. Salviat (Hrsgg.), Guide de Thasos (2000) 303-305 Nr. 268.1 (Stater, datiert 520-510 BC); C. M. Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (1976) 149. 363 Nr. 519 (um 500 v. Chr.); SNG Kopenhagen Suppl. 1942-1996 Nr. 102 Taf. 6 (datiert ca. 525-463-Chr.).
Web Portals	https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/coins/69283
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Vendor (to prev. Owner)	Sally Rosenberg (Frankfurt am Main)
Accession	G 51/2
previous Owner	Karl Josef Welz 1924 - 1964
Object number	ID1725
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