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BRUTTIUM. Kroton. Circa 525-425 BC. Triobol (Silver, 12 mm, 1.26 g, 4 h). ϘΡΟ (retrograde, and on the right) Tripod with three ring handles and legs ending in lion's paws; border of dots. Rev. Ϙ Pegasos with curved wing flying to right. HN III 2127. SNG ANS 329 var. SNG Cop 622 var. Rare, with Pegasos to right. Uncleaned and attractively toned as found. About extremely fine.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, ex LHS 100, 23 April 2007, 137.
Kroton, the modern Crotone, was found in 710 BC by Achaian colonists: its citizens were well-known for being highly athletic, the most famous of them being Milo, wrestling champion at the Olympics in 532, 528, 524, 520 and 516 BC, who was the commander - dressed as Herakles - of the Krotoniate army that conquered Sybaris in 510. In 480 Kroton sent a ship, commanded by Phayllos, three-time victor in the Pythian Games at Delphi, to support Athens against the Persian fleet at Salamis; it was to honour his memory that Alexander the Great sent an offering of the Persian spoils taken at the Battle of Gaugamela (331 BC) to Kroton. The city was never abandoned but it declined slowly in importance, especially after being conquered by Dionysios II of Syracuse in 379.
The Tripod was the city badge of Kroton and it appeared on most the city's coinage.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, ex LHS 100, 23 April 2007, 137.
Kroton, the modern Crotone, was found in 710 BC by Achaian colonists: its citizens were well-known for being highly athletic, the most famous of them being Milo, wrestling champion at the Olympics in 532, 528, 524, 520 and 516 BC, who was the commander - dressed as Herakles - of the Krotoniate army that conquered Sybaris in 510. In 480 Kroton sent a ship, commanded by Phayllos, three-time victor in the Pythian Games at Delphi, to support Athens against the Persian fleet at Salamis; it was to honour his memory that Alexander the Great sent an offering of the Persian spoils taken at the Battle of Gaugamela (331 BC) to Kroton. The city was never abandoned but it declined slowly in importance, especially after being conquered by Dionysios II of Syracuse in 379.
The Tripod was the city badge of Kroton and it appeared on most the city's coinage.