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Stater of Kroton with tripod and stork

Greek
Classical Period
480–440 B.C.
Mint: Bruttium, Kroton

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 7.68 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.394
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0182.
DescriptionObverse: Tripod with lion's feet and three handles; with scrolls, and ring support between legs below.
At left, crane standing right, left foot raised.
Inscription in Greek in right field.
Reverse: Tripod in relief; plain groundline.
Striated border in relief.
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. 148); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren,