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Stater
| Issuer | Kroton |
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| Year | 350 BC - 300 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Youthful laureate head of Apollo facing right, rendered in fine late Classical style with flowing, elaborately engraved long locks cascading over the neck and shoulder. The laurel wreath is depicted with prominent leaves and berries set above the brow, framing a delicately modelled face with a straight nose, slightly parted lips, and a subtly idealized physiognomy characteristic of South Italian die-cutting of the mid-fourth century BC. The flan is broad and slightly irregular, with the bust occupying nearly the full field. |
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| Mintage | ND (350 BC - 300 BC) |
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Kroton's coin production in this period reflects the city's diminished but still independent status following its catastrophic defeat by the Lucanians at the Laos River around 390 BC, an event that effectively ended Kroton's regional dominance. The city had previously been among the most prolific minters in Magna Graecia. By the mid-fourth century, output had contracted sharply, and the stater series catalogued under HN Italy 2177 represents some of the final confident silver issues before Roman encroachment rendered autonomous Krotonian minting obsolete by the late third century.