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1/6 stater of Kroton with tripod

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

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 12 mm. Weight: 1.34 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.398
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0181.
DescriptionObverse: Tripod lebes with lion's feet and three handles; from bowl of tripod two taeniae hang.
Inscription in Greek in left field.
Reverse: Pegasos flying right, bridled; wing rounded.
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. 152); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren