Croton Historia Numorum Italy 2217-2223, Bronze, struck at Croton, 350–300 BC. Obverse: head of heracles wearing a lion's skin. Reverse: eagle flying, holding a snake in its talons aigle volant, tenant un serpent dans ses serres. Weight about 6.7 g, diameter 18.8 mm.
| mint | Croton | weight | 6.74g (1) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀18.8 (1) |
| denomination | — | axis | 2↕ (1) |
| material | Bronze | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
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Head of Heracles wearing a lion's skin
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Eagle flying, holding a snake in its talons Aigle volant, tenant un serpent dans ses serres
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Cite this coin
Croton Historia Numorum Italy 2217-2223 (croton.hn_italy.2217-2223), 350–300 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/croton-historia-numorum-italy-2217-2223/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA