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Bruttium, Kroton, c. 425-350 BC. AR Stater (19mm, 7.48g, 3h). Eagle standing l. on Ionic capital. R/ Tripod with legs terminating in lion's feet; grain ear to l. HNItaly 2141; SNG ANS 336. paul1888
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ACHAIA, Aigieon. 37-31 BC.AE hexachalkon (5.67 g)
Theoxios and Kletaios, magistrates.
obv: Laureate head of Zeus right
rev: Zeus standing right, holding eagle on outstretched arm and preparing to cast thunderbolt; ΘEOΞIOΣ KΛHTAIOΣ around. Kroll, Bronze 2; BCD Peloponnesos 436.
Located along the northern coast of the Peloponnesos, Achaia was a narrow territory between Sicyon and Elis. One theory suggests that Achaia’s original inhabitants were driven to the area from Achaia Phthoitis, which itself was located across the Gulf of Corinth in southern Thessaly. A number of prehistoric and Mycenaean ruins in the western part of the Achaia indicate that the district was long inhabited, even into remote antiquity. Twelve city-states were located there: Aigai, Aigira, Aigion, Bura, Dyme, Helike, Olenos, Patrai, Pherai, Pelene, Rhypes, and Tritaia. Achaian colonies were established in Magna Graecia at Kroton, Kaulonia, Metapontion, and Sybaris. From the mid-5th century onward, much of the history of Achaia is interconnected with the Achaian League. Dino
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AR Nomos of Kroton, Bruttium 500-480 BCOBVERSE: KPO upwards on left, Tripod with legs terminating in lion's feet, heron standing left on right.
REVERSE: Incuse tripod.
A slightly chipped example. Bruttium was in the toe of Italy (Calabria). It is believed to have been settled by Greek colonists from Crotona, hence the KPO legend. The followers of the cult of Pythagoras resided here and the tripod/inverse tripod design may have been inspired by their ideas or, more likely, it depicts a trophy in Olympic events. The Greeks were mainly farmers then (and now) and were more attracted to homely themes like scenes from nature and sporting competition than philosophy as subjects on their coins.
SNG ANS 269 (5.99 gm) ex-Forvm Coinsdaverino
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Bruttium - KrotonAR obol
c.530-510 BC
O - Tripod altar
R - Incuse tripod altarmauseus
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Bruttium Kroton AR Nomos / TripodAttribution: SNG ANS 264
Date: 480-430 BC
Obverse: Tripod with legs terminating in lions feet
Reverse: Incuse of obverse
Size: 19.07mm
Weight: 7.94 grams
Description: A nice nomos with sharp detailMark R1
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Bruttium, KrotonBRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 480-430 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.97 g). Tripod with legs terminating in lion's feet; to right, heron standing left / Incuse tripod. HN Italy 2102; SNG ANS 269Ajax
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Bruttium, Kroton (Circa 425-350 BC)AR Stater
7.73 g
Obverse: Eagle standing left, head right, on stag’s head
Reverse: Tripod; ivy leaf to left, QPO to right.
HN Italy 2146; SNG ANS 351-2
Obeying a directive of the oracle of Delphi, A group of Achaean settlers founded Kroton around 710 BC. Like its neighbor to the north, Sybaris, it soon became a city of power and wealth. Kroton was especially celebrated for its successes in the Olympic Games from 588 BC onward (Milo of Kroton being the most famous of its athletes).
The philosopher Pythagoras established himself there about 530 BC and formed a society of 300 disciples who were sympathetic toward aristocratic government. In 510 BC Kroton was strong enough to defeat the Sybarites and raze their city to the ground. However, shortly after the sack of Sybaris the disciples of Pythagoras were driven out, and a democracy established.
The obverse was comparable with similar types on probably contemporary coins from Elis (which put on the Olympic games at the nearby sanctuary of Olympia) The coins of both cities were thus likely issued for athletic festivals in honor of Zeus. In Kroton’s case the coins probably commemorated its citizens’ Olympic victories with the eagle representing Zeus who presided over Olympia and the games themselves. The tripod (reverse) represented the divine sanction for the town's founding from the Oracle of Delphi (who sat on a three legged stool when producing her oracles).
Nathan P
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Bruttium, Kroton (Circa 530-500 BC)AR Nomos
28 mm, 7.82 g
Obverse: Tripod, legs surmounted by wreaths and terminating in lion's feet, two serpents rising from the bowl, set on basis of three lines, the center dotted, koppa-P-O (KRO - short for Kroton) to left
Reverse: Incuse tripod as obverse, but wreaths and serpents in outline.
HN Italy 2075; SNG ANS 231; Bement 272.
The importance of the Delphic oracle to the founding of Kroton was celebrated on its coinage from the earliest days. Despite later myths ascribing the founding of Kroton to Herakles, the city's historical oikist is recorded as Myskellos of Rhypai who, on consulting the Delphic oracle about his lack of children was given the response that Apollo would grant children, but that first Myskellos should found the city of Kroton 'among fair fields'. After being given directions on how to locate the site, Myskellos travelled to southern Italy to explore the land that he had been assigned, but seeing the territory of the Sybarites and thinking it superior, he returned once more to the oracle to ask whether he would be allowed to change. The answer came back that he should accept the gifts that the god gave him. A further element of the story is that Myskellos was accompanied on his expedition by Archias of Corinth; the Delphic oracle gave the pair the choice between health and wealth. Archias elected wealth, and was assigned the site of Syracuse, while Myskellos chose health: the favourable climate of Kroton, the eminent skill of its physicians and the prowess of its athletes later earned its citizens this reputation for good health.Nathan P
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Bruttium, Kroton, c. 480-430 BC, Stater6.88g, 20mm, 5h
ϘPO (retr.), tripod; crab at left.,
Rv. Incuse tripod; dolphin at right.
HNItaly 2100; SNG ANS 280. Rare. Leo
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BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 300 BC.BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 300 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.11 g, 12h). Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Tripod; filleted branch to right. Attianese 147; HN Italy 2177; SNG ANS 391–2. Toned, light roughness, tooling in hair and wreath. EF.
From the collection of a Well-Known Author. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 444 (15 May 2019), lot 9.Mark R1
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Bruttium, Kroton. Circa 300-250 BC. AR Triobol Head of Athena r. wearing crested Corinthian helmet, KPOTΩ above
Herakles advancing right, wearing lion skin and draping it over club held in his hand; koppa to left, OIKIΣTAΣ to right.
300-250 BC
1.05g
Rutter, Historia Numorum 2199; SNG ANS 426; SNG München 1467.
Rare
Ex-ANE
Jay GT4
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Bruttium, Kroton. Delphic Tripod Stater.Greek Italy. Bruttium. 480-430 BC AR Stater (8.05 gm, 19mm, 12h) of Kroton. Tripod w/ three lion's foot legs, ⤹ϘPO in left field, heron in right field standing left. / Incuse tripod in sunken border. VF. Bt. Coral Gables 1999. ACNAC 6 Dewing #497 (same dies); SNG ANS 3 #273-274 (same); HGC 1 #1449; SNG Cop 1 (Italy) #1753 (same). cf. Gorini 29-30 (different orientation of ethnic).Anaximander
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Bruttium, Kroton. Eagle and Tripod Stater.Greek Italy. Bruttium. 425-380 BC AR Stater (7.68 gm, 22mm, 4h) of Kroton. Eagle standing right on olive branch, wings spread, BOI to left. (Boiskos magistrate). / Delphic tripod adorned with fillet, laurel branch behind. ϘPOTΩ to left. VF/ gVF. Pegasi Numismatics Auction 122, #41. Rare. SNG ANS 3 #346 (same dies); SNG Cop - ; SNG Fitzwilliam I #775 (same dies); HN Italy 2151; HGC 1 #1460.Anaximander
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Bruttium, Kroton. Hera and Herakles Stater.Greek Italy. Bruttium. 400-325 BC AR Stater (7.68 gm, 20mm, 1h) of Kroton. Head of Hera Lakinia facing three-quarters, wearing stephanos adorned with honeysuckle & griffin heads. / Herakles Epitrapezios seated left on rock covered w/ lionskin, holding wine cup, Ϙ by ankle. Bow & club crossed above. KPOT & tripod to left, ME above arm. VF. CNG Web Auction, 1999. SNG ANS 3 #380 (same obv. die); ACNAC Dewing 512 (same dies); HN Italy 2162; HGC 1 1463. Cf. SNG Cop 1 (Italy) #1800 (Δ overstruck on E of Rᵪ); SNG Lockett 629 (same), CNG EA 512 #23.Anaximander
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Bruttium, Kroton. Tripod and Incuse Eagle Stater.Greek Italy. Bruttium. 500-450 BC AR Stater (6.78 gm, 22 mm, 3h). Medium flan incuse type of Kroton. Delphic tripod with three lion's foot legs, set on basis, ⭯ ϘPO-TOИ (inward, N retrograde). / Incuse eagle flying right. gVF. Pegasi Numismatics Auction VI #87. Unusually complete legend. Well centered. Possibly unpublished. ACNAC 6 Dewing 499 var (legend ⭮Ϙ𐤭O-TON); HGC 1 #1447; HN Italy 2084 var (⭮Ϙ𐤭O-⭯TO); SNG ANS 3 284-285 (same); SNG Ashmolean 1469 (same); Gorini 8 (same). cf. Heritage 3089 #32012 (same dies).Anaximander
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Bruttium, Kroton. Tripod Stater.Greek Italy. Bruttium. 480-430 BC AR Stater (7.80 gm, 22 mm, 1h) of Kroton. Delphic tripod with lion's feet. Stork in field to left and ↑ϘPO to right. Strung bow in exergue. / Tripod incuse, sunken border. VF. CNG EA 1999. ex-CNG XXII (1992-09-02). SNG ANS 3 #310; HN Italy 2106; HGC 1 #1449; cf. SNG Cop 1 (Italy) #1762 (no bow in ex.); SNG München 1430 (same). Same dies: Bertolami Auction 7 #106.Anaximander
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Bruttium, The Brettii (Circa 211-208 BC)Æ Double Unit (Didrachm)
26 mm, 16.19 g
Obverse: Head of Ares left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with griffin
Reverse: BRET-TIWN, Hera Hoplosima (or Athena) advancing right, holding spear and shield; racing torch right.
Scheu 72; SNG ANS 82; HN Italy 1987
The Brettii were an indigenous Italian people who emerged in southern Italy in the mid-fourth century BC. Ancient authors describe them as a group of revolted slaves and miscellaneous fugitives who came together after seeking refuge in the rugged mountains of the area. Nonetheless, it is more likely that most of these people were native Oenotrians or Pelasgians who had escaped from domination by the Greek cities and other native groups to the north. By the mid-third century BC, this disparate congregation of people, now known as the Brettii, had become the predominant power over most of Italy south of the river Laos, including the important mints of Consentia, Medma, Hipponium, Terina, and Thurium (Diod. XVI.15; Strabo VI). Their rising power, however, was eventually checked by the expansion of Roman authority in their region. In the 280s BC, they united with their neighbors, the Lucanians, against Rome, an adventure that proved inconclusive. Soon thereafter, they aided Pyrrhos in his war against Rome, an unsuccessful endeavor that resulted in the Romans carrying on the conflict against the Brettians after defeating the Epiran leader. The Brettians submitted to the Romans, but in the face of Hannibal's successes against Rome, they again allied themselves with Rome's enemy during the Second Punic War (Livy XXII. 61). In this conflict, the Brettians were completely invested in the alliance with Carthage, such that the entire region of Bruttium became a veritable Punic fortress, and it was during this war that the entire series of Brettian coinage was struck. Once again, though, the Brettii had supported the losing side, and this time the Romans were determined to squash any further ability of the Brettians to threaten them. In the aftermath of Hannibal's defeat, the Romans subjugated Bruttium through annual military deployments and the establishment of three colonies, at Tempsa, Kroton, and Vibo Valentia (Livy XXXIV. 45 and XXXV. 40). Unlike other Italian populations that had been conquered by the Romans, the Brettii were also not admitted as Roman allies and could not serve in the Roman military (Appian, Annib. 61). Little is known of the Brettii thereafter.Nathan P
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BRUTTIUM. Kroton. AR StaterCirca 530-500 BC. 7.98 g, 28mm, 12h. Obverse: tripod-lebes, legs terminating in lion's paws, two serpents at base; QPO to left field. Reverse: incuse tripod. Attianese 4; SNG ANS 238-241; HN Italy 2075. Good Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics e-Sale 48 Auction Lot 31
Ex Roma Numismatics e-Sale Auction 72 Lot 42
The tripod seen on most coins of Kroton might allude to the Oracle of Delphi's involvement in the founding of the city of Kroton by the legendary Myskelos of Rhypes in 710 BC. According to one variant of the tradition, after Myskelos had surveyed the area of southern Italy, he was much better pleased with the site of Sybaris as the place of settlement for the colonist as opposed to the place sanctioned by the Oracle. This proved to be prophetic since after exactly 200 years later in 510 BC Kroton defeated and destroyed Sybaris. It could have been this old time envy and grudge rooted from this tradition that Sybaris' fate was sealed.Jason T
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Bruttium: AR Nomos.Kroton 480-430 B.C. 7.75g - 21mm, Axis 11h.
Obv: QPO - Tripod with legs terminating in lion's feet, heron standing right.
Rev: Incuse tripod, border of rays.
Ref: HN Italy 2102; SNG ANS 25.
Provenance: Chris Scarlioli Collection.Christian Scarlioli
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EB0013 Tripod / Incuse TripodKroton, BRUTTIUM, AR Stater, ca. 480-430 BC.
Obverse: Delphic tripod, legs terminating in lion's feet, retrograde P in legend; in left field, a stork standing right.
Reverse: Incuse tripod, incuse border of radiating lines.
References: S-257; cf.SNGCop-267, BMC 18.
Diameter: 19mm, Weight: 8.079g.
Ex: Numismatic Fine Arts.EB
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Herakleia, Lucania281-278 BC
AR Drachm (16.5mm, 3.82g)
O: Head of Athena, three-quarters facing right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Scylla throwing stone; Φ behind.
R: Owl with wings closed, standing right on olive branch; club to right, |-HPAKΛEIΩN above, ΣΩΣI to left.
Van Keuren 114; HGC I, 999; HN Italy 1411
Scarce
ex NAC
The colony of Herakleia was a joint venture between the cities of Taras and Thurii, founded in 432 BC and intended to encourage peace between the two embattled polis’ and show a united front against the indigenous tribes of southern Italy. To this end Herakleia became the center of the newly formed Italiote League, probably around 380. This alliance consisted of emissaries from the Greek cities of Kroton, Metapontum, Velia, Thurii, and most notably Taras.
A century later, the period of this coin, Pyrrhus defeated the Roman Consul Laevinius near here, causing the Romans to try a different strategy. A political treaty was struck in 278, granting very favorable terms to the Greek city, and Herakleia became an ally of Rome. As a result the headquarters of the Italiote League was moved to Taras.Enodia
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Kroton - AR triobolc. 430-420 BC
Pegasos left
Ϙ
tripod with 3 ring handles and legs ending in lion’s paws
ϘPO
HN Italy 2127, SNG Cop 1788
1,5g 11mm
ex Sol
Kroton had the rather curious practice of issuing fractions bearing reverse types taken from the coinage of other cities: such as, among others, the Pegasus of Corinth (complete with the letter koppa below), the hare of Messana and the octopus of Syracuse.J. B.
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Kroton, Bruttium480-430 BC
AR Stater (20mm, 7.57g)
O: Tripod-lebes with lion's feet; heron standing right in left field, QPO to right, lemniscate serpents in ex.
R: Tripod-lebes incuse, with dentate border.
SNG ANS 312; SNG Cop 1764v
ex Tom Vossen Enodia
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Kroton, Bruttium525-425 BC
AR Triobol (11mm, 1.25g)
O: Tripod with lion‘s feet, within dotted border; QPO (retrograde) to left.
R: Pegasos with curled wings flying left; Q below.
SNG ANS 323-6; HN Italy 2127; Sear 468; Hands Class V, 3v (ethnic to right)
From the Frank James collection; ex CNG; ex Roma Auctions
Enodia
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Kroton, Bruttium 300-250 BC
AE13 (13mm, 2.03g)
O: Octopus
R: Scallop shell
Vlasto 1855; SNG Cop 1089; HN Italy 1095 (as Taras); SNG ANS 447 (as Kroton); HN Italy 2240 (as Kroton)
Rare
ex Bertolami Fine Arts
A very rare and enigmatic coin with conflicted attributions.
SNG Copenhagen places this coin at Taras, as does Vlasto, although Vlasto puts it under the heading "Bronze Coins Doubtfully Attributed to Tarentum" and claims Kroton as a probable alternative.
SNG ANS gives it clearly to Kroton, while HN Italy seems to attribute both cities with varying catalog numbers.
I believe this coin is likely from Kroton as this city-state often used the octopus as a common device.Enodia
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Lucania, Metapontom staterRaised barley corn
Incuse barley corn
Metapontom, 440-510 BC
7.72g
Tight flan series NOE 243-256; HN Italy 1485
Ex-Calgary Coin; Ex-DM collection, Ex-HJB
An Achaean colony of great antiquity, Metapontion was destroyed and refounded early in the 6th century by colonists from Sybaris under the leadership of Leukippos. The city occupied an exceptionally fertile plain on the Gulf of Tarentum, which explains the use of the barley ear as its civic badge. Metapontion, along with Sybaris and Kroton produced the earliest coinage in Magna Graecia. The coins of these cities share three features: weight standard, broad and thin flans, and incuse reverses. These features were then adopted by neighboring mints at Kaulonia and elsewhere in southern Italy. While the reasoning behind the choice of these shared features is not clear, the common weight and style facilitated circulation between the cities of south Italy. The mixed contents of the earliest hoards from the region support this idea of free circulation of currency. It is interesting that these common features, indigenous to south Italy, also tended to keep the coins in south Italy. They are rarely found elsewhere in Italy, not even in Sicily. After approximately 510 B.C., the date of the destruction of Sybaris by Kroton, the fabric of the coins throughout south Italy became smaller and thicker, though still with incuse reverses. In the years between 480 and 430 B.C., sooner in Tarentum and later in Metapontion, the incuse issues were replaced by a two sided coinage.Jay GT4
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Lucania, Sybaris (Circa 550-510 BC)AR Stater
29 mm, 8.14 g
Obverse: VM in exergue; bull standing left, head reverted.
Reverse : Incuse bull standing right, head reverted.
HN Italy 1729; SNG ANS 828-844
An Achaean colony dating from about 720 BC, Sybaris rapidly grew to be the wealthiest city in the area. The luxury enjoyed by its population was proverbial, hence the modern words sybarite and sybaritic. The bull may symbolize the local river god Krathis. The archaic coinage of Sybaris was brought to an abrupt end in 510 BC when the city was destroyed by the rival state of Kroton. The waters of the Krathis were diverted to flow over the site of the sacked city, thus obliterating all trace of its former splendor.Nathan P
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LUCANIA. Sybaris. AR StaterCirca 550-510 B.C. (28mm, 8.43 g, 12h). Obverse: bull standing left, head reverted; VM in exergue. Reverse: incuse bull standing right, head reverted. S & S Class B, pl. XLVIII, 4-8 Gorini 2; HN Italy 1729. VF, toned.
Ex Volteia Collection
Ex CNG
This coin was minted before the destruction of Sybaris by its neighboring city state Kroton in 510 B.C. We do not know the exact nature why Kroton destroyed this prosperous city. Ancient sources provided us several accounts of Sybaris being a place of hedonism and excess to the point that the very name Sybaris became a byword for opulent luxury, and its destruction was a result of some divine punishment (Diodorus Siculus, Strabo, Aelianus, Athenaeus). Modern revisionist view of the possible demise of Sybaris might be the result of its vast natural wealth and successful trade with its neighbors, which gave Kroton the economic reason to subjugate it. The Sybarites established a new city called Thourioi (Thurii/Thurium) with the help of Athenian settlers. However, the Sybarites were again expelled by the Athenians in 445 B.C. and founded another city for the last time called Sybaris on the Traeis.
Sybaris might be the first to mint coins with an incuse reverse and this practice spread to other Greek city states like Kroton, Metapontion, and Poseidonia. The similar weight and technique in producing these incuse-type coins facilitated trade between the cities mentioned. The bull might represent the river god Crathis or Sybaris, or both: each deity could represent either the obverse or reverse of the coin. The ethnic VM (or YM) in exergue are the first two Greek letters of Sybaris spelled retrogradely.Jason T
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Metapontum, Lucania330-300 BC
AR Didrachm (21mm, 7.76g)
O: Head of Demeter right, wreathed in grain and wearing triple earring and necklace; ΔAI under chin.
R: Ear of barley with seven grains, leaf to right; plow above leaf, MAX below, META upward to left.
Johnston C-1; SNG ANS 470; SNG Cop 1227; HN Italy 1581; Sear 416
ex Windsor Antiquities
Founded around 700 BC by Achaean colonists, Metapontum strived to remain neutral through the many wars common in Magna Graecia. They took no active role in the struggle between fellow Achaean colonies of Kroton and Sybaris, although they did give sanctuary to Pythagoras and his followers after they were banished from Kroton. Here he taught until his retirement, and here he died (c. 500 BC).
Metapontum joined Taras in an alliance with Alexander of Epirus during his wars against the Lucanians and Bruttians (332 BC). However when Metapontum declined a similar offer to ally with Kleonymus of Sparta in 303 BC, Taras became hostile and attacked, eventually extorting a large sum of gold from the Metapontines. The animosity between them subsided by 281 BC, when Metapontum once again sided with the Tarentines in an alliance with Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, in the war against Rome.
By this time their influence in the region had waned, and we hear less and less of the city until the Second Punic War (216 BC), at which time Metapontum declared in favor of Hannibal. By 212 BC Hannibal occupied the city, and it seems to have been a major base for his forces. However, after his military reversal Hannibal was forced to give up possession of the region, departing Italy from Metapontum in 207 BC and evacuating the population at the same time. Metapontum would never again play a major role in Magna Graecia, and although Cicero mentions visiting the city, Pausanias tells us that the site was a complete ruin by his time.Enodia
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Sybaris, Lucania550-510 BC
AR Obol (10mm, 0.44g)
O: Bull (Ox?) standing left, head turned back to right; VM in exergue.
R: Large MV monogram; four pellets around.
SNG ANS 853; HGC I, 1235; HN Italy 1739; Hands Type I, IV
ex Tom Vossen
This coin dates from the original Greek colony, Sybaris I, before its destruction by the Krotones in 511-510 BC.
The MV monogram on the reverse actually reads 'SY' for Sybaris, and I believe the VM in exergue on the obverse is 'MV' retrograde.
The bull device seen on all early types from Sybaris, and later on the coins of her colonies at Poseidonia and Thurii, may in fact be a white ox at the mother city.Enodia
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