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BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Alliance issue with Temesa. Circa 480-430 BC. AR Nomos (19.5mm, 7.54 g, 12h). Dumpy incuse type. Good VF.
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CNG Feature Auction 129
Live bidding begins May 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT
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BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Alliance issue with Temesa. Circa 480-430 BC. AR Nomos (19.5mm, 7.54 g, 12h). Dumpy incuse type. Tripod, legs surmounted by wreaths and terminating in lion's feet; (koppa)PO to left, TE to right / Incuse tripod; [(koppa)PO to left], T[E] to right, radiate border. Montesanti Series IX, 4; Attianese 46; Gorini 4 and p. 179 (same dies as illustration); HN Italy 2107; SNG ANS (Part V) 1281 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 632 (same dies). Lightly toned, minor doubling on reverse. Good VF. Very rare, only two in CoinArchives.
Ex Triton XXIV (19 January 2021), lot 356.
So-called “Alliance” issues of coinage by Kroton and other Southern Italian cities are, as yet, poorly understood. Temesa was another Bruttian city whose precise location remains undiscovered; the Greek geographer Strabo placed it on the Thyrrhenian Sea near the mouth of the river Savuto. At first regarded as a dependency of Sybaris, it passed under the control of Kroton after the defeat and destruction of Sybaris in 510 BC. Kroton’s alliance issues with Temesa come in two varieties, both on the incuse fabric. This type has the typical Krotonian tripod on both sides, with the ethnics for both cities (ϘRO and TE) on each side. Another variety has the tripod on the obverse and an incuse Corinthian helmet on the reverse. Both the tripod and helmet appear on rare coins naming only Temesa. Kroton also struck Alliance coinage of different designs for Sybaris and Pandosia.
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.
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Ex Triton XXIV (19 January 2021), lot 356.
So-called “Alliance” issues of coinage by Kroton and other Southern Italian cities are, as yet, poorly understood. Temesa was another Bruttian city whose precise location remains undiscovered; the Greek geographer Strabo placed it on the Thyrrhenian Sea near the mouth of the river Savuto. At first regarded as a dependency of Sybaris, it passed under the control of Kroton after the defeat and destruction of Sybaris in 510 BC. Kroton’s alliance issues with Temesa come in two varieties, both on the incuse fabric. This type has the typical Krotonian tripod on both sides, with the ethnics for both cities (ϘRO and TE) on each side. Another variety has the tripod on the obverse and an incuse Corinthian helmet on the reverse. Both the tripod and helmet appear on rare coins naming only Temesa. Kroton also struck Alliance coinage of different designs for Sybaris and Pandosia.
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.
