Coin: ar stater

Museum number:
8-5537
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080005537
Accession number:
Acc.895
Description:
Coin; AR; Stater; Greek. 8.2 grams. Knossos, Crete. Obverse: woman’s head facing right. Reverse: Asterisk within meander-fylfot. Remarks: "Forgery of Greek silver coin" "(two electrotypes joined together over a heavy core?)
Donor:
University of California Library
Collection place:
Crete, Aegean Islands, Greece
Collector:
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Staters
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers and 7.6 Bogus Currency
Production date:
after 1838 AD
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: ar stater, accession number 8-5537, described as Coin; AR; Stater; Greek. 8.2 grams. Knossos, Crete. Obverse: woman’s head facing right. Reverse: Asterisk within meander-fylfot. Remarks: "Forgery of Greek silver coin" "(two electrotypes joined together over a heavy core?)Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: ar stater, accession number 8-5537, described as Coin; AR; Stater; Greek. 8.2 grams. Knossos, Crete. Obverse: woman’s head facing right. Reverse: Asterisk within meander-fylfot. Remarks: "Forgery of Greek silver coin" "(two electrotypes joined together over a heavy core?)Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: ar stater, accession number 8-5537, described as Coin; AR; Stater; Greek. 8.2 grams. Knossos, Crete. Obverse: woman’s head facing right. Reverse: Asterisk within meander-fylfot. Remarks: "Forgery of Greek silver coin" "(two electrotypes joined together over a heavy core?)Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: ar stater, accession number 8-5537, described as Coin; AR; Stater; Greek. 8.2 grams. Knossos, Crete. Obverse: woman’s head facing right. Reverse: Asterisk within meander-fylfot. Remarks: "Forgery of Greek silver coin" "(two electrotypes joined together over a heavy core?)Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: ar stater, accession number 8-5537, described as Coin; AR; Stater; Greek. 8.2 grams. Knossos, Crete. Obverse: woman’s head facing right. Reverse: Asterisk within meander-fylfot. Remarks: "Forgery of Greek silver coin" "(two electrotypes joined together over a heavy core?)Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: ar stater, accession number 8-5537, described as Coin; AR; Stater; Greek. 8.2 grams. Knossos, Crete. Obverse: woman’s head facing right. Reverse: Asterisk within meander-fylfot. Remarks: "Forgery of Greek silver coin" "(two electrotypes joined together over a heavy core?)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar stater, accession number 8-5537, described as Coin; AR; Stater; Greek. 8.2 grams. Knossos, Crete. Obverse: woman’s head facing right. Reverse: Asterisk within meander-fylfot. Remarks: "Forgery of Greek silver coin" "(two electrotypes joined together over a heavy core?)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar stater, accession number 8-5537, described as Coin; AR; Stater; Greek. 8.2 grams. Knossos, Crete. Obverse: woman’s head facing right. Reverse: Asterisk within meander-fylfot. Remarks: "Forgery of Greek silver coin" "(two electrotypes joined together over a heavy core?)

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