Silver stater coin (Wappenmunzen) from Athens, British Museum

The idea of minting coins in silver was initially adopted by the Greek city states of Aegina, Corinth and Athens. This idea then spread rapidly across the Meditteranean. By the end of the 500s BC, most mints had started making coins with designs on both sides. The stater (Greek, literally weight) was an ancient coin used in various regions of Greece. The term is also used for similar coins, imitating Greek staters, minted elsewhere in ancient Europe. The stater, as a Greek silver currency, first as ingots, and later as coins, circulated from the 8th century BC to 50 AD. The earliest known stamped stater (having the mark of some authority in the form of a picture or words) is an electrum turtle coin, struck at Aegina that dates about 700 BC. It is on display at the Bibliothèque Nationale of Paris. According to Robin Lane Fox, the stater as a weight unit was borrowed by the Euboean stater weighing 16.8 grams from the Phoenician shekel, which had about the same weight as a stater (7.0 grams) and was also a fiftieth part of a mina. The silver stater minted at Corinth of 8.6 grams weight was divided into three silver drachmas of 2.9 grams, but was often linked to the Athenian silver didrachm coin weighing 8.6 grams. In comparison, the Athenian silver tetradrachm was weighing 17.2 grams. Staters were also struck in several Greek city-states such as, Aegina, Aspendos, Delphi, Knossos, Kydonia, many city-states of Ionia, Lampsacus, Megalopolis, Metapontium, Olympia, Phaistos, Poseidonia, Syracuse,Thasos, Thebes and more. (Credit; Wikipedia) This object is part of Scan The World. Scan the World is a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory, through which we are creating a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks and landmarks from across the globe for the public to access for free. Scan the World is an open source, community effort, if you have interesting items around you and would like to contribute, email [e-mail] to find out how you can help.Scanned : Photogrammetry (Processed using Agisoft PhotoScan)银币铸造理念最初由埃伊纳（Aegina）、科林斯（Corinth）和雅典（Athens）这几个希腊城邦率先采用，随后迅速传遍地中海区域。至公元前6世纪末，绝大多数铸币厂已开始铸造双面带有纹饰的钱币。 斯塔特币（stater，希腊语原意为“重量”）是古希腊诸多地区通行的古钱币。该术语也可指代古代欧洲其他地区仿制希腊斯塔特币铸造的同类钱币。作为希腊银质货币，斯塔特币最初以银锭形式存在，后演变为钱币，其流通时间为公元前8世纪至公元50年。目前已知最早的压印斯塔特币（带有以图案或文字形式呈现的官方印记）是公元前700年左右于埃伊纳铸造的银金矿（electrum）海龟币，现收藏于法国国家图书馆（Bibliothèque Nationale de France）。 据罗宾·莱恩·福克斯（Robin Lane Fox）考证，重量为16.8克的优卑亚（Euboean）斯塔特币的重量单位源自腓尼基（Phoenician）舍客勒（shekel）：后者重量约为7.0克，同时也是1米那（mina）的五十分之一。科林斯铸造的8.6克重银质斯塔特币可分为3枚2.9克重的银德拉克马（drachma）币，但该币常与8.6克重的雅典银双德拉克马（didrachm）币相提并论；相比之下，雅典银四德拉克马（tetradrachm）币重量为17.2克。 希腊诸多城邦亦铸造过斯塔特币，包括埃伊纳、阿斯彭多斯（Aspendos）、德尔斐（Delphi）、克诺索斯（Knossos）、基多尼亚（Kydonia）、爱奥尼亚（Ionia）地区诸多城邦、兰萨库斯（Lampsacus）、麦加罗波利斯（Megalopolis）、梅塔蓬图姆（Metapontium）、奥林匹亚（Olympia）、费斯托斯（Phaistos）、波塞冬尼亚（Poseidonia）、叙拉古（Syracuse）、塔索斯（Thasos）、底比斯（Thebes）等。 （来源：维基百科） 本物品隶属于“扫描世界（Scan The World）”项目。“扫描世界”是MyMiniFactory推出的非营利性倡议项目，旨在打造全球范围内可免费获取的、支持全3D打印的雕塑、艺术品与地标建筑数字档案库。该项目为开源社区协作项目，若您身边有合适的物品并希望参与贡献，可发送邮件至[e-mail]了解参与方式。扫描方式：摄影测量法（使用Agisoft PhotoScan软件处理）。