Aigina
ca. 445-431 v. Chr.
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Mainz, Historisches Seminar, Arbeitsbereich Alte Geschichte, der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Tresor |
Obverse |
Landschildkröte, der Panzer ist in dreizehn Platten unterteilt. |
Reverse |
Quadratum incusum, in fünf Flächen unterteilt. |
Denomination |
Stater StaterLiterally 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. |
Publications |
SNG Kopenhagen 14 (1944) Nr. 517 (nach 404 v. Chr.); C.M. Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (1976), 47 Nr. 127 (Didrachme, ca. 445-431 v. Chr.). |
Department |
Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods |