Triobol

Kroton's prominence in Magna Graecia rested heavily on its athletic tradition — the city produced more Olympic victors than virtually any other Greek colony, and its coins circulated across a network of trade relationships built as much on prestige as commerce. By the time this triobol was struck, Kroton had already survived the catastrophic defeat at the Sagras river against Lokroi, an engagement ancient sources claim cost the city 130,000 men, a figure almost certainly exaggerated but indicative of the scale of the disaster. The fourth century found the city politically diminished but still a functioning mint.