Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3606 Session 13 (9:30am Thursday 28th July) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $200
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $120
ITALY, Bruttium, Croton (Kroton), (420-390 B.C.), silver stater, (7.52 g), obv. eagle standing to left, on olive branch with open wings, rev. tripod-lebes with neck and three handles, in field to right **D, to left downwards [K]PO, (S.472, ACNAC Dewing 509, SNG Munich 1451, SNG ANS 365, BMC 79). Very fine, flan crack on reverse, attractive grey tone, 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). All known types seem to come from similar or same sets of dies.
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Lot 3604
ITALY, Bruttium, Croton (Kroton), (500-460 B.C.), silver stater or nomos (7.86 g), obv. tripod, crane ...
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Lot 3605
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Lot 3606 This lot
ITALY, Bruttium, Croton (Kroton), (420-390 B.C.), silver stater, (7.52 g), obv. eagle standing to left, ...
Estimate $200
Lot 3607
ITALY, Bruttium, Rhegion, (c.450 B.C. [Arnold-Biucchi chronology]), silver tetradrachm, (16.94 g), obv. lion's head facing, ...
Estimate $4,000
Lot 3608
SICILY, Akragas (Agrigentum), (c.472-420 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.93 g), obv. eagle with closed wings standing ...
Estimate $800