Kaulonia in Bruttium - Silver stater (Nomos) - 475 to 425 BC
Denomination: Silver stater (nomos) Mint: Kaulonia
Date: 475 to 425 BC
Size: 19.3 x 20.8 mm Weight: 8.08 grams
Reference: Sear-462, HN Italy 2046
Grade: gVF with a nice strike and reasonably well-centered for the issue
Obverse: Apollo walking right holding a laurel-branch, with a small figure standing on his arm (the small figure is not visible), with a small stag standing in the right field and a retrograde KAVL to the left of Apollo
There are many small raised marks in the obverse field, which had to have been on the die and are intentional (and occur on many coins of this type).
Reverse: A stag standing right with a sapling grown in the right field, with a retrograde KAVL above the stag's back
This type is rather odd in that the ethnic for the city occurs on both the obverse and reverse dies, but for some reason the early coins of this city often show this.