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Stater
| Issuer | Kroton |
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| Year | 530 BC - 510 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Delphic tripod depicted in high relief, facing forward, with three slender legs terminating in lion's paw feet resting on a raised ground line. The cauldron is surmounted by three loop handles and decorated with ornamental detailing across the upper rim. Two serpents rise sinuously between the legs of the tripod, flanking the central support. The retrograde ethnic inscription ϘΡΟ appears in the field, identifying the issuing city of Kroton. The design is rendered in the archaic Italiote style characteristic of early Achaean colonial coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Incuse impression of the tripod type, struck in the distinctive south Italian incuse technique pioneered by Achaean colonies of Magna Graecia. The tripod design appears in mirror relief, sunk into the flan, with the three legs, lion's paw feet, and cauldron rendered as a shallow intaglio image corresponding precisely to the obverse design. The incuse field is smooth and carefully defined within a raised border, reflecting the high technical standard of Krotonian mint production during the late sixth century BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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