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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7572701, member: 86498"]Kroton Ar Nomos 530-520 BC Obv. Tripod with legs terminating in lion's feet. Two snakes in bowl. Rv. Same incuse SNG ANS 227 8.13 grms 29 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1305653[/ATTACH]</p><p>This is one of the early spread flan coins that were minted at Kroton but coins with the same fabric were minted at a number of mints including Metapontion Kaulonia Sybaris and Poseidonia. Later the mint of Taras joined in. These very showy coins must have had a purpose other than simple commerce. After all this coins are in a order of magnitude more difficult to produce than most contemporary coins. Of all the mints Metapontion and Kroton are the most readily available with Sybaris coming in at third. What is interesting about all three mints is that the cities in question are advertising their wealth, not their devotion to a god.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7572701, member: 86498"]Kroton Ar Nomos 530-520 BC Obv. Tripod with legs terminating in lion's feet. Two snakes in bowl. Rv. Same incuse SNG ANS 227 8.13 grms 29 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1305653[/ATTACH] This is one of the early spread flan coins that were minted at Kroton but coins with the same fabric were minted at a number of mints including Metapontion Kaulonia Sybaris and Poseidonia. Later the mint of Taras joined in. These very showy coins must have had a purpose other than simple commerce. After all this coins are in a order of magnitude more difficult to produce than most contemporary coins. Of all the mints Metapontion and Kroton are the most readily available with Sybaris coming in at third. What is interesting about all three mints is that the cities in question are advertising their wealth, not their devotion to a god.[/QUOTE]
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