“Wappenmünzen” Type Attica, Athens AR Didrachm Stater 545-510 BC Ancient Greek Silver Coin Museum Reproduction CSGDS0018

“Wappenmünzen” (“Blazon money”) is a German term used to describe the earliest coinage of Athens. Although modern scholars have convincingly demonstrated that Seltman’s hypothesis that Wappenmünzen types represent the coats-of-arms of Athens’ leading families is incorrect, numismatic cataloguers have been hard-pressed to find a more suitable designation to describe the series.

DESIGN:
Obverse side
Four-spoked wheel
Legend:
Anepigraphic

Reverse side
Quadripartite incuse square, divided diagonally
Legend:
Anepigraphic

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