DescriptionRhegion - 435-425 BC - silver tetradrachm - lion´s scalp - Iokastes - Berlin MK AM 18214489.jpg
English: object type: Greek coin
- production technique: struck
- issuing authority: city: Rhegion (Bruttium) - PECION / ΡΗΓΙΟΝ - R(h)egium
- period / date: ca. 435-425 BC
- material: silver
- denomination: tetradrachm
- diameter: 26-29 mm
- weight: 17.07 gr
- description obverse: lion´s scalp seen from above
- description reverse: bearded Iokastes (the founder of Rhegion) holding sceptre / staff, wearing himation, seated on diphros, cat with ball under the diphros; in laurel wreath
- inscription (Greek): PECΙΝΟS
- museum / inventory number: Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Altes Museum
- bibliographic / online references: https://ikmk.smb.museum/object?id=18214489
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