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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: 8.03 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.392
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0180.
DescriptionObverse: Tripod with lion's feet and three handles
At left, crane standing right; in exergue, scroll horizontally.
Inscription in Greek in right field.
Reverse: Tripod sketchily indicated, outline marked by raised line.
Incuse striated border.
At left, crane standing right; in exergue, scroll horizontally.
Inscription in Greek in right field.
Reverse: Tripod sketchily indicated, outline marked by raised line.
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. 146); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren