Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XII 29 September 2016
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Bruttium, Kroton AR Hemiobol. Circa 530-500 BC. Tripod with legs terminating in lion's paws; QPO to left / Incuse tripod. Unpublished in the standard references, cf. Heidelberger 64, 2014, 37 (0.16g) and Gorny & Mosch 204, 2012, 1071 (0.14g). 0.24g, 10mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Extremely rare, only two other examples recorded in commerce.
From a private German collection.
The early silver fractions of Kroton with an incuse design are all extremely rare - there are only 10 such obols present on CoinArchives - however all of these are of the later incuse eagle type. For a similar published unique obol of 0.43g (1/24-Stater) cf. P. Attianses, Kroton, Ex Numis Historia (1992), 27 = P. Attianese, Calabria greca III (1980), 1604a. This hemiobol, together with the two above mentioned hemiobols and one obol, is apparently all that survives of Kroton's earliest silver fractional coinage.
Extremely Fine. Extremely rare, only two other examples recorded in commerce.
From a private German collection.
The early silver fractions of Kroton with an incuse design are all extremely rare - there are only 10 such obols present on CoinArchives - however all of these are of the later incuse eagle type. For a similar published unique obol of 0.43g (1/24-Stater) cf. P. Attianses, Kroton, Ex Numis Historia (1992), 27 = P. Attianese, Calabria greca III (1980), 1604a. This hemiobol, together with the two above mentioned hemiobols and one obol, is apparently all that survives of Kroton's earliest silver fractional coinage.