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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4258985, member: 19463"]The eagle on stag head is relatively common from Kroton in the 5th century BC. I have never studied any reason for the type but eagles feasting in various manners was common in Magna Graecia. This type has long been a favorite of mine coming after the heyday of the city that brought us the incuse tripod reverse coins and before the attacks from Syracuse that much weakened the city. </p><p>Kroton, Bruttium, AR stater, 420-400 BC, Sear 470</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1085695[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4258985, member: 19463"]The eagle on stag head is relatively common from Kroton in the 5th century BC. I have never studied any reason for the type but eagles feasting in various manners was common in Magna Graecia. This type has long been a favorite of mine coming after the heyday of the city that brought us the incuse tripod reverse coins and before the attacks from Syracuse that much weakened the city. Kroton, Bruttium, AR stater, 420-400 BC, Sear 470 [ATTACH=full]1085695[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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