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Münzkabinett Antike Griechen, Archaik und Klassik [18200096]
https://ikmk.smb.museum/image/18200096/vs_org.jpg (Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Public Domain Mark)
Provenance/Rights: Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Lutz-Jürgen Lübke (Lübke und Wiedemann) (Public Domain Mark)
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Description

Front: Löwenkopf mit vierstrahliger Warze nach r., Gegenstempel.
Rear: Quadratisches Incusum. Punze an Rand.
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.

Material/Technique

Electrum; struck

Measurements

Diameter
7 mm
Weight
1.13 g

Literature

  • J. Six, Numismatic Chronicle 1890, 203 Nr. 8.
  • L. Weidauer, Probleme früher Elektronprägung. Typos I (1975) 24 Nr. 79-85.
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Münzkabinett

Object from: Münzkabinett

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