Bertolami Fine Art
Auction 8 3 February 2014
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Bruttium, Stater, Kaulonia, c. 525-500 BC; AR (g 7,34; mm 29; h 12); KAVΛ-O, Apollo standing r., holding palm-branch with r. hand and holding l. arm extended; above, small figure running r., at r., stag standing r. with head turned back. Dotted border, Rv. Same type incuse. HNItaly 2036; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG ANS -.
Extremely rare variant, very high conservation, cabinet tone. Extremely fine / Good extremely fine.
Kaulonia was founded in the seventh cen. BC under the pressure of Kroton in order to restrict the expansionism of Lokroi. The polis started to coin in the last quarter of the next century, around 525 BC, adopting the incuse technique as the other Achaean colonies. The first incuse staters have a thin flan, as in this case, and a weight of approximately 8 g. In few years, this technique was abandoned in favor of the double relief issue, putting the the secondary symbol of stag on the reverse.
Extremely rare variant, very high conservation, cabinet tone. Extremely fine / Good extremely fine.
Kaulonia was founded in the seventh cen. BC under the pressure of Kroton in order to restrict the expansionism of Lokroi. The polis started to coin in the last quarter of the next century, around 525 BC, adopting the incuse technique as the other Achaean colonies. The first incuse staters have a thin flan, as in this case, and a weight of approximately 8 g. In few years, this technique was abandoned in favor of the double relief issue, putting the the secondary symbol of stag on the reverse.