Lot 4540
Sale 71 · Important Australian, British & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes
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Description
Italy, Bruttium, Croton (Kroton), (420-390 B.C.), silver stater or didrachm (7.73 grams), obv. eagle standing to left, on olive-branch, head raised and flapping its wings, rev. tripod-lebes with neck and three handles, KPO to left, in field to right heron over **D*, (S.472, SNG ANS 366/369 same dies). Distinctive obverse and reverse die cracks, nearly very fine/fine and rare.
It should be noted that it was with this issue that the transition took place with the K in the city name replacing the archaic letter Q (Koppa).
- Estimate
- $400
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $0