Reply to Thread

Message:: [QUOTE="Collect89, post: 2171465, member: 15445"]Here is the same "mediocre" photo with revised label.  There seems to be differing opinions as to when this Magna Graecia type coin was minted. [ATTACH=full]419341[/ATTACH]BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia AR Stater 480-388 B.C. 8.04 grams, 19 - 20 mmObv: Apollo naked walking right.  Retrograde KAVA on left,  small stag figure on right.  (sm. stag standing r. facing l.)Rev: Large stag standing rightGrade: Overall Fine condition.  Obverse a bit rough with some  details of retrograde letters &  small stag figure lost to antiquity.  The reverse large stag is VF,  well centered & attractive.Other: 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. From Allen Berman 6/15  BTW, this is my first Magna Graecia coin from the foot of Italy.  Here is a map:[ATTACH=full]419344[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]