Ex Rosen Collection
BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia. Circa 525-500 BC. AR Nomos (29.5mm, 7.82 g, 12h). Apollo advancing right, holding branch in raised left hand; small daimon running right, head left and holding branch, on Apollo’s left arm; to right, stag standing right, head left / Incuse of obverse, but branch and daimon in raised outline and no ethnic. Noe,
Caulonia 23 (same dies); SNG ANS 151 (same dies); Rosen 21 (this coin); HN Italy 2035. Good VF, toned. Exceptional metal.
Ex Jonathan P. Rosen Collection (Münzen und Medaillen 72, 6 October 1987), lot 441.
Kaulonia was one of a number of Achaian colonies established in Magna Graecia in the seventh century BC. It is not certain whether it was founded by new colonists from the Peloponnesos or whether it was founded by the Achaians of Kroton. Kaulonia’s coinage began in the later sixth century, and was one of the many incuse types that marked the beginning of coinage in Italy. Apollo, the patron deity of Kaulonia, and his associated iconography were the primary types featured on the coins. In the early fourth century, Kaulonia joined with Sybaris and Kroton in a league that was defeated by Dionysios I of Syracuse in 389/8 BC. Although the city was left intact, this event marked the cessation of its coinage.
