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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Italy| > SH10769
Kroton, Bruttium, Italy, c. 440 - 420 B.C.
|Italy|, |Kroton,| |Bruttium,| |Italy,| |c.| |440| |-| |420| |B.C.|, In 480 BC, Croton sent a ship in support of the Greeks at the Battle of Salamis (Herodotus 8.47), but the victory of Locri and Rhegium over Croton in the same year marked the beginning of its decline. It was replaced by Heraclea as headquarters of the Italiote League. Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse, aiming at hegemony in Magna Graecia, captured Croton in 379 B.C. and held it for twelve years. Croton was then occupied by the Bruttii, with the exception of the citadel, in which the chief inhabitants had taken refuge; these soon after surrendered, and were allowed to withdraw to Locri.
SH10769. Silver nomos, SNG ANS 339 (same dies), Attianese 99, HN Italy 2144, BMC Italy 66, SNG cop 1777, VF, toned, Kroton (Crotone, Calabria, Italy) mint, weight 7.80g, maximum diameter 20.5mm, die axis 0o, c. 440 - 420 B.C.; obverse eagle standing left on Ionic capital, olive branch to right; reverse tripod adorned with fillet, koppaPO upward on right, all in a circle of dots; SOLD











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