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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silphium Addict, post: 7936290, member: 116882&quot;]Great topic! An interesting read about Kroton&#039;s history and coinage is the short (23 pages with 17 plates) book by W. Gale <i>The Sacred Tripod: Kroton and it&#039;s Coins</i>, 1995.</p><p>Here is one of the early &quot;spread flan&quot; incuse coins:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1372890[/ATTACH]</p><p>AR stater 530-500 BC 6.97 gm</p><p>O: tripod; crane at right standing left with head raised; ϙΡΟ upward to left</p><p>R: incuse tripod; crane at right standing left with head raised; ϙΡΟ upward to left</p><p>SNG ANS 248;&nbsp; HN Italy 2081</p><p><br /></p><p>And one of the later AR issues:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1372895[/ATTACH]</p><p>AR stater 300-280 BC 7.32 gm</p><p>O: laureate head Apollo right</p><p>R: tripod; filleted branch to left; ΚΡΟ downward to right</p><p>Ward 1902 (this coin); SNG ANS 389; HN Italy 2177[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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