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Stater of Kroton with tripod
Greek
Late Archaic Period
500–480 B.C.
Mint: Bruttium, Kroton
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 7.10 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.390
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0177.
DescriptionObverse: Tripod with lion's feet and three handles.
In right field, crab to right.
Inscription in Greek in left field.
Triple ground line.
Reverse: Same type as obverse, but incuse; at left, dolphin downwards.
Heavy plain ground line, incuse.
Inscription in Greek in right field, upwards and retrograde.
Thin flan; incuse dotted border.
In right field, crab to right.
Inscription in Greek in left field.
Triple ground line.
Reverse: Same type as obverse, but incuse; at left, dolphin downwards.
Heavy plain ground line, incuse.
Inscription in Greek in right field, upwards and retrograde.
Thin flan; incuse dotted border.
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. 144); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren