★ Ex Garrett, Benson and Bunbury Collections ★

Bruttium, Kroton AR Stater. Circa 350-300 BC. Eagle standing right, wings displayed and head raised / Tripod, legs terminating in lion's feet; bay leaf to left, QPO to right. Gulbenkian I 128 (same obverse die); SNG ANS 344-5 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 1784; HN Italy 2148; HGC 1, 1460. 7.93 gm, 24mm, 8h.

Good Extremely Fine; previously NGC graded Choice XF★ 4/5 - 5/5, wonderful old cabinet tone. Very Rare; among the finest such staters of Kroton.

From the Long Valley River Collection;
Ex Johns Hopkins University Collection, Bank Leu AG - Numismatic Fine Arts Inc., 16-18 October 1984, lot 112;
Ex John Work Garrett (1872-1942) Collection, privately purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., June 1926;
Ex Frank Sherman Benson (1854-1907) Collection, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 3 February 1909, lot 112;
Ex Sir Edward Herbert Bunbury (1811-1895) Collection, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 15 June 1896, lot 204.