BRUTTIUM. Kaulonia. Circa 525-500 BC. Stater (Silver, 30 mm, 7.86 g). [K]AVΛ Apollo, nude, striding right, holding laurel branch in his upraised right hand and, on his outstretched left arm, small figure of a daimon running right, holding branch in each hand and with his head turned back to left; to right, stag standing right, head to left; all within cable border.
Rev. Same type as the obverse, but anepigraphic and incuse, except for the daimon, branches and stag's antlers, which are in relief. HN Italy 2035. Noe, Caulonia, Group A, -, cf. 23 (
same obverse die) and 24 (
same reverse die). SNG ANS 151 (
same obverse die). Lightly toned and of lovely late archaic style. A few light marks and with a graffito of 'A' on the reverse
, otherwise, very fine.
From a European collection, formed before 2005.