MK-ATW-KHM | Mende ca. 520

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Mende ca. 520–480 v. Chr.
	Wien, Münzkabinett, Kunsthistorisches Museum Coin Gallery, KHM
Inventory no	GR 43510
Obverse	MIN - IAO // N. Ithyphallischer Esel, auf seinem Rücken eine Krähe
Reverse	Quadratum Incusum
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 520–480 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 ; 17,11 g; 27 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Mende
Region	Macedonia
Country	Greece
Publications	Kraay 1976, 459; SNG ANS VII, 292–294 (Typ); BMC Makedonien, Vf: Typ; vgl. 1 (Esel n. l.)
Web Portals	http://coinhoards.org/id/igch0358
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	-
Object number	ID497276
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