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Stater of Kroton with head of Apollo
Greek
Classical Period
390–387 B.C.
Mint: Bruttium, Kroton
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 7.83 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.402
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0191.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Apollo right in laurel wreath; long hair, necklace with lion's head jewel.
Inscription in Greek around.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Infant Herakles seated right on cushions, strangling serpents; body facing, head left; left leg drawn up; in outstretched left and right hands, serpents with jaws open towards Herakles' head, coils around body.
At left traces of letters (?), artist's signature.
Inscription in Greek around.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Infant Herakles seated right on cushions, strangling serpents; body facing, head left; left leg drawn up; in outstretched left and right hands, serpents with jaws open towards Herakles' head, coils around body.
At left traces of letters (?), artist's signature.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 157); September, 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren