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Stater of Kaulonia with Apollo
Greek
Archaic Period
about 525–500 B.C.
Mint: Bruttium, Kaulonia
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 31 mm. Weight: 8.27 gm.
Credit Line
Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund
Accession Number09.264
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0173.
DescriptionObverse: Apollo advancing right; nude, upper body facing; hair long, dotted, with taenia; in raised right hand, stalk with pinnate leaves, downwards; on outstretched left arm, palm facing, nude male figure, running right, head left, erect.
At left: inscription.
At right, stag standing right, head left, on short dotted line; dotted ground line.
Cable border.
Reverse: Same type as obverse but incuse, left; stag's horns in relief; running figure in raised outline; heavy plain ground line.
At left: inscription.
At right, stag standing right, head left, on short dotted line; dotted ground line.
Cable border.
Reverse: Same type as obverse but incuse, left; stag's horns in relief; running figure in raised outline; heavy plain ground line.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; July 12, 1909: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren