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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: 22 mm. Weight: 7.91 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.393
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0179.
DescriptionObverse: Tripod lebes with lion's feet and three handles.
Ground line dotted.
Inscription in Greek at left.
Border of dots between plain lines.
Reverse: Incuse eagle flying right, wings outspread, one above, one below; in center, raised dot.
Incuse striated border.
Ground line dotted.
Inscription in Greek at left.
Border of dots between plain lines.
Reverse: Incuse eagle flying right, wings outspread, one above, one below; in center, raised dot.
Incuse striated 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. 147); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren