Kaulonia
ca. 475-425 v. Chr.
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Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Antikensammlung Collection of Antiquities Erlangen AST1 Collection Heerdegen |
Obverse |
ΚΑΥΛ [KAUL, retrograd]. Unbekleideter Mann (Apollon katharsios) mit erhobenen Armen auf Standlinie nach rechts, auf seiner Linken Gestalt (daimon), [in seiner Rechten Zweig], rechts Hirsch, in Perlkreis. |
Reverse |
ΚΑΥΛ [KAUL, retrograd]. Hirsch auf Standlinie nach rechts, rechts Zweig, in Perlkreis. |
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. |
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Silver ; 8,01 g; 20 mm; 8 h |
Publications |
Seel - Franke 72 Nr. 35 (dieses Stück, 480-389/388 v. Chr.); SNG Kopenhagen 3 (1942) Nr. 1712 (ca. 480-388 v. Chr.); S. P. Noe, The Coinage of Caulonia, ANS Numismatic Studies 9 (1958) 37 Nr. 92; HN Italy 165 Nr. 2046 (ca. 475-vielleicht 425 v. Chr.); C. M. Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (1976) 174, 366 Nr. 644 (ca. 450 v. Chr.). |
Department |
Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods |