BRUTTIUM. Hyporon. Circa 300 BC. AE (Bronze, 19 mm, 3.32 g, 5 h). Laureate head of Apollo to right. Rev. ΥΠΟΡ / ΜΥΣ Tripod with three ring handles and legs ending in lion's paws. HGC 1, 1413 var. (differing arrangement of reverse legend). HN Italy 2269 var. (differing arrangement of reverse legend). Of the highest rarity. Somewhat rough and with minor deposits, otherwise, very fine.


The city of Hyporon is only know from its bronze coins, which copy the types from contemporary didrachms from Kroton (HN Italy 2177). Judging from the utmost rarity of the issue, Hyporon can hardly have had much significance and must have been a very small settlement.