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Nomos
| Issuer | Kroton |
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| Year | 280 BC - 277 BC |
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| Value | Nomos (2) |
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| Obverse description | Eagle standing right atop a thunderbolt, head turned back to left, rendered in fine archaic style. To the right of the eagle stands a herm of Hermes, depicted holding a phiale in his right hand and a kerykeion (caduceus) in his left hand. The letters Φ and Ι appear in the field, likely serving as a magistrate's or engraver's mark. The design is executed with characteristic Krotoniate artistic refinement. |
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| Obverse lettering | Φ Ι |
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Kroton's coinage collapsed almost entirely after the city was devastated by Agathokles of Syracuse in 295 BC, and the mint fell largely silent. This nomos belongs to a brief revival tied to the Pyrrhic intervention in southern Italy — when Pyrrhos of Epeiros swept through Bruttium in 278–277 BC, several Italiote cities resumed striking as political alignments shifted rapidly. Kroton's issues from this window are accordingly scarce.