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Stater
| Issuer | Kroton |
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| Year | 425 BC - 350 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse lettering | ϘPO |
| Edge | Plain |
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Kroton, the Achaean colony on the toe of Italy's boot, was by the late fifth century in steep decline following its catastrophic defeat by Lokroi at the Sagra River — a loss so lopsided that ancient sources treated it as almost mythological. The city never fully recovered its regional dominance, and coinage of this period reflects an institution minting partly on momentum. The incuse tradition that once defined Krotoniate silver had already been abandoned by the time these staters were struck, marking the city's assimilation into broader south Italian monetary conventions.