Bruttium. Kroton. Circa 480-430 BC. Stater (Silver, 20.35 mm, 7.45 g). Dumpy incuse. ϘP (retrograde), Tripod with three ring handles, legs ending in lion's feet and two volutes below bowl, on exergual line of dots between two parallel lines; in right field, crab; border of dots within two concentric linear circles? Rev. ϘP (retrograde), Same type as the obverse but incuse and without volutes; ethnic, the three ring handles and the dolphin in left field are raised; incuse border around. Cf. HN Italy 2100. P. Attianese, “Kroton, Ex Nummis Historia”, 1992, p. 48, 37 (same dies). G. Gorini, “La monetazione incusa della Magna Grecia”, 1975, p. 24, 21 (same dies). SNG ANS 282 (same dies). SNG Ashmolean 1470 (same dies). Cf. HGC 1, 1449. Attractively toned. Some parts of the coin with significant delamination, otherwise, Good Very Fine. Rare.
Ex Astarte VI, 10 November 2000, lot 65; Italo Vecchi 2, 12 September 1996, lot 175.