obv. Naked archaic Apollo advancing right on underground hair bound with diadem and falling in three tresses indicated by dots, in his raised right hand he holds a laurel-branch, extending his left hand, on which daimon is runnung right, in front stag standing right, looking back, KAVΛ to left rev. Incuse of the obverse
Kaulonia was founded in the 7th century BC by Achaean Greeks, either by emigres from the homeland or from the nearby city of Kroton. The location, on the underside of Italy′s "toe" on a headland jutting out into the sea, has in the centuries since disappeared beneath the waves, but underwater archaeology has located more than 100 fluted columns and two spectacular mosaics, both depicting dragons, dating to the 5th-4th centuries BC. The columns were likely for a large shrine to Apollo, the deity depicted on the city′s beautiful and intriguing coinage. On this magnificent piece, Apollo′s entire nude body is shown in refined Archaic form, striding to right, with a small winged daimon on his left arm to his right stands a stag, sacred to both Apollo and his sister Artemis. The unusual fabric of this piece follows a style peculiar to Greek southern Italy in the archaic period: A broad, thin flan, obverse depicted in relief, the reverse repeating the obverse motif but in negative relief, or incuse, and reversed. Creating such coins required a high degree of technical skill and quality control. The reasons for the popularity of this fabric are poorly understood some scholars have postulated a connection to the mathematician-philosopher Pythagoras, who was active in Italy during this period and taught a creed which stressed the duality of mankind′s nature and all existence.
BMC 9 | SNG.Copenhagen 1698 Historia Numorum Italy, 2035 | SNG.ANS.141-152 | McClean 1588-1591 | Babelon, Traité Pl.LXX,14-15 | SNG.München 1396 | cf. Sear 252 | HGC 1, no. 1416R (cf. Ars Classica, Auction 52,no.46 xf CHF 32.000 + 15%) Very minor traces of oxidation. Attractive archaic style. Rare. vf
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