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Stater of Kroton with eagle
Greek
Classical Period
440–410 B.C.
Mint: Bruttium, Kroton
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 7.44 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.397
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0185.
DescriptionObverse: Eagle standing right, flapping its wings, head raised, on double ground line.
Plain border.
Reverse: Tripod in relief on double ground line.
At left, laurel leaf upwards.
Inscription in Greek to right, upwards.
Plain border.
Reverse: Tripod in relief on double ground line.
At left, laurel leaf upwards.
Inscription in Greek to right, upwards.
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. 151); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren