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Münzkabinett Antike Griechen, Hellenismus [18271792]
https://ikmk.smb.museum/image/18271792/vs_org.jpg (Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Public Domain Mark)
Provenance/Rights: Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Bernhard Weisser (Public Domain Mark)
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Makedonien: Demetrios Poliorketes

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Description

Front: Kopf mit korinthischem Helm und Stierhorn nach r. Auf der Wange ein dreieckiger Gegenstempel mit Δ.
Rear: Schiffsbug (prora) nach r. Unten ein Monogramm.
Countermarked: The impression left by a countermark punch. A tool that is used to punch into a coin subsequent to the original striking an additional mark or symbol that had meaning in the contemporary context of the coin - for example to mark a specific payment or to revalue a coin). Objects from early modern collections sometimes bear countermarks as a sign of ownership.

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Rückseite: BA

Similar objects

Newell, Demetrius Poliorcetes: 020

Material/Technique

Bronze; struck

Measurements

Diameter
15 mm
Weight
3.77 g

Literature

  • E. T. Newell, The coinages of Demetrius Poliorcetes (1927) 25 Nr. 20 (Salamis, ca. 300-295 v. Chr., dieses Stück).
Münzkabinett

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