Aeginetan silver staters
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Aeginetan silver staters are ancient Greek coins from the island of Aegina, notable as some of the earliest widely circulated silver currency in the Greek world, often bearing a sea turtle design.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek coin
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electrum and silver currency type ⓘ silver stater ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Aeginetan maritime commerce ⓘ |
| circulatedIn |
Aegean Sea region
NERFINISHED
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Greek mainland ⓘ Peloponnese NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentStatus | highly valued by numismatists ⓘ |
| denominationSystem | stater ⓘ |
| earliestIssuesDateTo | circa 550 BCE (approximate) ⓘ |
| earliestWidespreadSilverCoinageIn | Greek world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicRole |
facilitated maritime trade
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served as trade currency ⓘ |
| findspotsInclude |
Asia Minor
NERFINISHED
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Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ hoards across Greece ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
among earliest standardized silver coinages in Greece
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helped spread use of coinage in Greek world ⓘ |
| iconographySymbolism | sea turtle symbolizing seafaring power ⓘ |
| influencedCoinageOf |
Peloponnesian cities
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islands of the Aegean ⓘ |
| introducedInCentury | 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| languageOfLegends | Greek (when present) ⓘ |
| laterDesignChange | sea turtle replaced by land tortoise ⓘ |
| manufacturingTechnique | struck coinage ⓘ |
| material | silver ⓘ |
| mintedIn | Aegina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mintingAuthority | polis of Aegina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| museumHoldings |
American Numismatic Society
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British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ National Archaeological Museum of Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numismaticCategory |
Archaic Greek coinage
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Classical Greek coinage ⓘ |
| obverseDesign |
land tortoise (later issues)
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sea turtle ⓘ |
| periodOfUse |
5th century BCE
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6th century BCE ⓘ |
| regionallyInfluential | yes ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Attic standard coinage in many regions ⓘ |
| reverseDesign |
incuse square
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skew pattern incuse ⓘ |
| shape | roughly round ⓘ |
| subdivisions |
drachm
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obol ⓘ |
| typicalWeight | about 12.2 grams ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Aegina
NERFINISHED
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ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| weightStandard | Aeginetan standard ⓘ |
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