Bruttium, Kroton AR Stater. Circa 500-480 BC. Tripod surmounted by wreaths, legs terminating in lion's paws, a pair of serpents above and at base; ϘPO (partially retrograde) upwards to left, crab in right field / Incuse tripod as obverse; ϘPO (partially retrograde) upwards to left, crab in right field. SNG Ashmolean 1466 = SNG Lockett 599 = HN Italy 2085 (same dies); SNG ANS - , cf. 246 (larger planchet); HGC 1, 1446; Voec (forthcoming) prov. no. 328 (this coin). 7.59g, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the Voec Collection: An Important Swiss Collection of Magna Graecian Coinage formed 1892-1945 (publication forthcoming).