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ID:     77000026
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Greek
Region:     BRUTTIUM
City:     Kroton
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Nomos
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     BC Circa 400-325
Weight:     7.77 g
Die Axis:     4 h
Obverse Legend:     ΚΡΟΤΩΝΙΑ−ΤΑΣ
Obverse Description:     Laureate head of Apollo right
Reverse Description:     The Herakliskos Drakonopnigon: the Infant Herakles crouching facing on rock, head left, strangling a serpent in each hand
Primary Reference:     Attianese 164
Reference2:     HN Italy 2157
Reference3:     SNG ANS 387 (same obv. die)
Reference4:     SNG Lloyd 617 (same obv. die); SNG Ashmolean 1525; Basel 199 (same dies); Jameson 434; Gulbenkian 132 (same dies)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=114449
Grade:     Good VF, toned, slight die shift on reverse, a couple light marks.
Notes:     Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 26 From Collection C.G. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 61 (25 September 2002), lot 355.