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BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia. Circa 475-425 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 8.18 g, 1h). Near EF.
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CNG Feature Auction 129
Live bidding begins May 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT
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BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia. Circa 475-425 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 8.18 g, 1h). Apollo advancing right, holding branch, small daimon running right on extended arm; to right, stag standing right, head reverted / Stag standing right; laurel branch to right. Noe, Caulonia, Group F, 93 (same dies); HN Italy 2046; SNG München 1404 (same dies); Jameson 411 (same dies). Faint toning over lustrous surfaces, a couple of minor marks. Near EF. Excellent metal for issue.
Ex Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 28 (9 December 2023), lot 576.
As with virtually all of the South Italian cities that adopted the spread incuse flan fabric for their coinage in the later sixth century BC, Kaulonia began to make changes early in the following century, first employing a smaller, thicker planchet but retaining the relief / incuse motif. By circa 475 BC, this had been replaced with the now familiar fabric of two relief designs on opposing sides of a much smaller, thicker flan. The design motif is quite similar, with the obverse duplicating its predecessor in a smaller, more compact form. The stag, which appears in miniature form on the obverse and as a larger, dominant image on the reverse, is sacred to Apollo’s sister, Artemis. Though these new coins must have been much easier to produce in quantity, they appear to have been struck in far fewer numbers than the incuse type, indicating the city’s declining prosperity. By the end of the fifth century BC, all coinage ceased in Kaulonia and the city slipped into obscurity after being sacked by the Syracusan tyrant Dionysios I in 389 BC.
The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 129 lots will be determined during the live online sale that will be held on 13-14 May 2025. This lot is in Session One, which will begin 13 May at 9 AM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
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Ex Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 28 (9 December 2023), lot 576.
As with virtually all of the South Italian cities that adopted the spread incuse flan fabric for their coinage in the later sixth century BC, Kaulonia began to make changes early in the following century, first employing a smaller, thicker planchet but retaining the relief / incuse motif. By circa 475 BC, this had been replaced with the now familiar fabric of two relief designs on opposing sides of a much smaller, thicker flan. The design motif is quite similar, with the obverse duplicating its predecessor in a smaller, more compact form. The stag, which appears in miniature form on the obverse and as a larger, dominant image on the reverse, is sacred to Apollo’s sister, Artemis. Though these new coins must have been much easier to produce in quantity, they appear to have been struck in far fewer numbers than the incuse type, indicating the city’s declining prosperity. By the end of the fifth century BC, all coinage ceased in Kaulonia and the city slipped into obscurity after being sacked by the Syracusan tyrant Dionysios I in 389 BC.
The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 129 lots will be determined during the live online sale that will be held on 13-14 May 2025. This lot is in Session One, which will begin 13 May at 9 AM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
