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<p>[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 4533064, member: 75525"]When was the word Stater used to describe a weight or coin in Athens? I do not know the answer, but the weight below suggests that it was in use around 500 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>The American School of Classical Studies at Athens has an interesting web site on Athenian Agora Excavations (<a href="http://ascsa.net/research?v=default" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ascsa.net/research?v=default" rel="nofollow">http://ascsa.net/research?v=default</a>). I found the link looking for information on scale weights. I was surprised when I saw a weight with the inscription: <i>STATER</i>. I do not know the words on the smaller weights. I saw only one Owl in the group, but several turtles.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1122667[/ATTACH] </p><p>Athenian Weight: Stater, Brass, ABOUT 500 BC</p><p>Description: Thick square slab of bronze. The metal with a high lead context. On the top, in relief, an astragal. </p><p>Weight: 795 grams, I could not read the dimensions.</p><p>Latest 6th , earliest 5th c. B.C..</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1122668[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1122669[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH]1122670[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1122671[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1122672[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1122673[/ATTACH] </p><p>I liked this pic of bronze coin blanks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 4533064, member: 75525"]When was the word Stater used to describe a weight or coin in Athens? I do not know the answer, but the weight below suggests that it was in use around 500 BC. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens has an interesting web site on Athenian Agora Excavations ([URL]http://ascsa.net/research?v=default[/URL]). I found the link looking for information on scale weights. I was surprised when I saw a weight with the inscription: [I]STATER[/I]. I do not know the words on the smaller weights. I saw only one Owl in the group, but several turtles. [ATTACH=full]1122667[/ATTACH] Athenian Weight: Stater, Brass, ABOUT 500 BC Description: Thick square slab of bronze. The metal with a high lead context. On the top, in relief, an astragal. Weight: 795 grams, I could not read the dimensions. Latest 6th , earliest 5th c. B.C.. [ATTACH=full]1122668[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1122669[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1122670[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1122671[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1122672[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1122673[/ATTACH] I liked this pic of bronze coin blanks.[/QUOTE]
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