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Egyptian Gold Stater
The gold stater (Egyptian: ''nfr-nb'', "Nefer- nub", meaning "fine gold") was the first coin ever minted in ancient Egypt, around 360 BC during the reign of pharaoh Teos of the 30th Dynasty. Under Teos Teos introduced the gold stater in order to pay salaries of Greek mercenaries who were at his service. *Gold stater with the same weight of a Persian daric (around 8.42 grams), with an owl on the left, modelled after the Athenian model, and a papyrus on the right. *Gold stater as a tetradrachm, with an owl on the left and an olive branch on the right, with the Demotic writing "Teos... Pharaoh". Under Nectanebo II Teos' successor Nectanebo II kept this practice, though coining his personal gold staters. *Gold stater as a daric (about 8.42 grams), obverse with a prancing horse on the right,Schulz, Seidel, 1998. ''Egypt: The World of the Pharaohs,'' Editors, Regine Schulz, Matthias Seidel, Konemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Cologne, English translation version. p. 370. (obverse, rever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Stater Of Pharaoh Nektanebo II
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal in a pure form. Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element. It is one of the least reactive chemical elements and is solid under standard conditions. Gold often occurs in free elemental (native state), as nuggets or grains, in rocks, veins, and alluvial deposits. It occurs in a solid solution series with the native element silver (as electrum), naturally alloyed with other metals like copper and palladium, and mineral inclusions such as within pyrite. Less commonly, it occurs in minerals as gold compounds, often with tellurium (gold tellurides). Gold is resistant to most acids, though it does dissolve in aqua regia (a mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid), forming a soluble tetrachloroaurate anion. Gol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
