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Stater of Kroton with eagle
Greek
Classical Period
410–390 B.C.
Mint: Bruttium, Kroton
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 7.60 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.400
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0189.
DescriptionObverse: Eagle standing left, flapping its wings, head raised, on olive branch with berries (vertical die-break across left wing).
Border of dots
Reverse: Tripod with neck, without handles, standing on plain ground line.
At right, crane standing left, right leg raised, symbol below crane.
Inscription in Greek at left, downwards.
Thick flan, reverse with types in relief.
Border of dots.
Border of dots
Reverse: Tripod with neck, without handles, standing on plain ground line.
At right, crane standing left, right leg raised, symbol below crane.
Inscription in Greek at left, downwards.
Thick flan, reverse with types in relief.
Border of dots.
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. 154); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren