CROTON SILVER STATER – TRIPOD WITH CRAB AND DOLPHIN ISSUE – AU NGC GRADED GREEK BRUTTIUM COIN (Inv. 19371)

$850.00

19371. BRUTTIUM. CROTON. Ca. 480–430 BC.
Silver stater, 7.41 g, 23 mm.
Obv. (K)PO, elaborate tripod, legs decorated by long volute ornaments and lion’s feet, crab in left field. Rev. (K)PO, incuse tripod, dolphin swimming vertically in right field.
Rutter, HN Italy, 2100 var.; HGC 1, 1449; SNG ANS 309.
NGC graded AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 2/5, slight surface roughness, but a delightful type depicting two sea creatures on one coin.