Stater of Kroton
c. 425-350 BCE
Description
Obv.: Eagle standing r., head reverted, on edge of cornice with triglyph below, skull of goat? at r.; Rev.: Ornate tripod with high neck and lion's feet, inscription at l., olive spray at r.
Dimensions
7.98 g
Provenance
[Hirsch, Munich, "sale 33," November 17, 1913, lot 246]. [Naville, Geneve, "Ars Classica V," June 18, 1923, lot 700]. Dr. Eugen Nitsch (by 1939), sold [through Hess, Frankfurt, "sale 236: Nitsch collection," April 3, 1939, lot 177]; to Dr. Karl Kochs (1), (from 1939), by inheritance; to Dr. Hermann Kochs (2) and later the Kochs family, Bonn (until 2013), sold; [through Kunker, Osnabruck, "sale 226: Kochs collection," March 11, 2013, lot 166]. [Stacks Bowers, "Chicago ANA sale," August 12, 2014, lot 211]. [Roma Numismatics, London, "sale IX," March 22, 2015, lot 54]. [Nomos, Zurich, “sale 11,” October 9, 2015, lot 22], sold; to Mike Gasvoda, US (2015-2018), sold [through Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, PA, “sale 109,” September 12, 2018, lot 48]; to Dan Reagan, Mass., US (2018-2024), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2024. 1. Karl Kochs, MD (1892-1956) 2. Hermann Kochs, MD (1927-1985)
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