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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: 7.85 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.391
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0178.
DescriptionObverse: Tripod lebes with lion's feet and three handles.
At right, crane standing left.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Same type as obverse, but incuse; no inscription or crane.
At right, crane standing left.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Same type as obverse, but incuse; no inscription or crane.
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. 145); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren