Bruttium, Croton. Stater; Bruttium, Croton; 500-480 BC, Stater, 7.85g. Cf. SNG Cop-1747. Obv: Tripod with lion's feet, to r. stork standing l., to l. ethnic QPOTON upwards, retrograde. Rx: Similar tripod, incuse, without stork and ethnic. Apparently rare with the ethnic written out on obverse; on similar coins in BMC, SNG ANS, and SNG Copenhagen, only the first three letters QPO appear, not followed by TON as on our coin.. VF