Bruttium, Kroton. AR Stater, c. 400-325 BC

Lot # 94

Greek Italy. Bruttium, Kroton. AR Stater, c. 400-325 BC. Obv. Head of Hera Lakinia facing, slightly right, wearing necklace and stephane; to right, B. Rev. KPOTONIATAΣ. Heracles Epitrapezios: Young Herakles, nude, holding cup and club, reclining left on lion skin draped over rock; quiver below. HN Italy 2169; SNG ANS 375 (same dies); HGC 1 1463; Gulbenkian 131 (same dies). AR. 7.67 g. 23 mm. RR. Very rare issue. Attractive toning and fine style. VF/Good VF. The type of Herakles Epitrapezios shows the hero reclining in the midst of his labors, enjoying a relaxing cup of wine. Phillis Lehmann, in the 'Statues on coins of Southern Italy and Sicily in the classic period' (N.Y. 1946) makes a connection between the coin type and a series of later statues in the manner of Lysippos, linking both to a common source, probably an earlier statue at the temple of Hera Lakinia at Kroton, one of the most prominent sanctuaries in Italy.

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