Gemini, LLC
Auction 14 18-19 Apr 2018
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Bruttium. Croton. Diobol.
c. 425-350 BC. Diobol, 0.60g (11h). Obv: Tripod, K - P across field. Rx: Hare running right, annulet and retrograde Σ above, another annulet below. NAC O, 13 May 2004, lot 1206 (this coin); another from same dies in Solidus E19, 23 September 2017, lot 21. Cf. HN Italy 2133 (earlier, no KP on obv.) and 2156 (obv. like our coin, but rev. eagle standing). HN Italy provides no parallel for the retrograde Σ on our coin. Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Ex Berk 142, 15 March 2005, lot 46; ex NAC O, 2004, as cited above. A very scarce, exceptional issue. VF/EF.
c. 425-350 BC. Diobol, 0.60g (11h). Obv: Tripod, K - P across field. Rx: Hare running right, annulet and retrograde Σ above, another annulet below. NAC O, 13 May 2004, lot 1206 (this coin); another from same dies in Solidus E19, 23 September 2017, lot 21. Cf. HN Italy 2133 (earlier, no KP on obv.) and 2156 (obv. like our coin, but rev. eagle standing). HN Italy provides no parallel for the retrograde Σ on our coin. Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Ex Berk 142, 15 March 2005, lot 46; ex NAC O, 2004, as cited above. A very scarce, exceptional issue. VF/EF.