I was really stoked to unwrap a new coin today, and finding it looked far better than the auction picture. It is a really neat stater of late archaic style, from Caulonia in Bruttium: Bruttium, Caulonia: Nomos circa 450-445 BC Obverse: Naked Apollo standing r., holding branch in raised r. hand: on extended l. arm small running figure. In field r., stag with head turned back. Reverse: Stag standing r..; in field r., two branches. Reference: Noe Caulonia Group F. Historia Numorum Italy 2046. Sear AG&RC p.88 AR 21.00 mm., 7.45 g. Old cabine tone and Good Very fine Caulonia was an ancient Greek city in southern Italy, southernmost of the colonies founded in Italy by the Achaeans. Established perhaps in the first half of the 7th century BC, Caulonia was an outpost of Croton. Judging from its copious and beautiful coinage from the second half of the 6th century, it seems to have been of some importance despite its small size. After capture by Campanian troops during the invasion (280–275) by Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, and then submission to Hannibal in 215, the city withstood a siege (209) on Hannibal’s side in the Second Punic War, but its fortunes declined soon after. Please show your coinage from Bruttium!
From Bruttium, Petelia. The coinage of Petelia begins in the third century BC, when the city was in the possession of the Bruttii. Æ Hexachalkon, ca. 220 - 200 BC 17.5 mm, 5.085 g Caltabiano, Petelia 2; HN Italy 2455; SNG ANS 603; SNG München 1554 ex. Jack A. Frazer Collection. Ob.:Laureate head of Apollo right; border of dots Rev.: ΠETH-ΛINΩN(Petēlinōn) Tripod Picture courtesy CNG
I couldn’t resist this one even with its little problem BRUTTIUM. Kaulonia. Circa 475-425 BC. Stater (Silver, 20 mm, 7.90 g, 8 h). ΚΑV Apollo striding to right. Rev. Stag standing right. Noe, Caulonia 75g (this coin). HN III 2044. Nicely toned and with a remarkably well-centered reverse. Test cut on the obverse, otherwise, very fine / extremely fine. From the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, acquired from Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, and from the Smith collection, Ars Classica XV, 2 July 1930, 228. While the obverse of this coin is damaged by an ancient cut, the reverse is exceptionally well-centered and attractive. It is interesting to note that the stag seems to be wearing a collar, thus indicating its sacral character.
