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<p>[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 2403896, member: 15445"]Here is my Bruttium stater photographed on a piece of Rhodochrosite.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]495823[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia </b></p><p><b>AR Stater </b></p><p><b>475-425 B.C. </b>8.04 grams, 19 - 20 mm</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Apollo naked walking right.</p><p> Retrograde KAVA on left,</p><p> small stag figure on right.</p><p> (sm. stag standing r. facing l.)</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Large stag standing right</p><p><b>Grade:</b> Overall a Fine condition.</p><p> Obverse a bit rough with some</p><p> details of retrograde letters &</p><p> small stag figure lost to antiquity.</p><p> The reverse large stag borders on aVF,</p><p> well centered & attractive.</p><p><b>Other:</b> Kaulonia was destroyed by Dionysios I of Syracuse in 388 B.C. CNG puts this coin type at ca. 525 - 500 B.C. and Wildwinds puts it ca. 470-440 B.C. Sear #462 puts this coin at 480 B.C. earliest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 2403896, member: 15445"]Here is my Bruttium stater photographed on a piece of Rhodochrosite. [ATTACH=full]495823[/ATTACH] [B]BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia AR Stater 475-425 B.C. [/B]8.04 grams, 19 - 20 mm [B]Obv:[/B] Apollo naked walking right. Retrograde KAVA on left, small stag figure on right. (sm. stag standing r. facing l.) [B]Rev:[/B] Large stag standing right [B]Grade:[/B] Overall a Fine condition. Obverse a bit rough with some details of retrograde letters & small stag figure lost to antiquity. The reverse large stag borders on aVF, well centered & attractive. [B]Other:[/B] Kaulonia was destroyed by Dionysios I of Syracuse in 388 B.C. CNG puts this coin type at ca. 525 - 500 B.C. and Wildwinds puts it ca. 470-440 B.C. Sear #462 puts this coin at 480 B.C. earliest.[/QUOTE]
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