Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 2038 Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $250
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ITALY, Bruttium, Croton (Kroton), (400-379 B.C.), silver stater or didrachm (7.57 grams), obv. eagle standing to left, on olive-branch, head raised and flapping its wings, rev. tripod, KPO to left, to right D, (S.472, SNG ANS 362, BMC 80). Cleaned, otherwise nearly very 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).
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