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Stater
| Issuer | Kroton |
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| Year | 400 BC - 325 BC |
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| Value | Silver Stater (3) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing right, rendered in fine late Classical style with flowing locks of hair falling behind the neck and a laurel wreath crowning the brow. The portrait exhibits high relief with carefully articulated facial features characteristic of South Italian die-engraving of the period. The Greek ethnic legend ΚΡΟΤΟΝΙΑΤΑΣ is inscribed in the field around the portrait, partially to the right and left of the effigy. The dotted border of the coin's circumference is visible along the edge of the flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΚΡΟΤΟΝΙΑΤΑΣ |
| Reverse description | The infant Herakles depicted in dynamic three-quarter view, seated or crouching on the ground, grasping and strangling two serpents, one in each hand, with his arms raised in vigorous struggle. The muscular infant figure is rendered with considerable sculptural energy, the snakes coiling around his arms and body. The composition fills the field boldly with no legend, presenting the mythological scene in the assured style of a skilled Krotoniate die-engraver. The incuse or flat field around the figure is plain, and a dotted border frames the type. |
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