Bruttium, Kaulonia AR Stater. Circa 525-500 BC. Nude Apollo walking to right, holding laurel branch in upright right hand, small daimon running to right on extended left arm, holding branches; to right, stag standing to right with head reverted; KAVΛO (the O faint and with central dot) to left, small annulet in right field; all within dot and cable border / Incuse of obverse, but no ethnic or daimon. Noe, Caulonia, Group B, 27 (same dies); SNG ANS 154 var. (ethnic retrograde); SNG Copenhagen -; McClean -; HN Italy 2036; HGC 1, 1416. 7.48g, 29mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone with hints of rainbow iridescence. Scarce.
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, Auction 12, 29 October 2014, lot 56.
Price realized | 2'200 GBP |
Starting price | 1'500 GBP |
Estimate | 2'500 GBP |