CVC & Collectables presents this remarkable AR Stater from ancient Sybaris, a powerful and wealthy city-state in Southern Italy’s Lucania region during the Archaic Greek period. Struck between 550 and 510 BC, this silver coin features the iconic incuse design technique, emblematic of early Magna Graecia coinage. The coin displays a high level of detail and artistic execution, certified AU by NGC Ancients with a perfect strike score of 5/5.
Coin Highlights:
- Issuer: Greek Italy, Lucania – Sybaris
- Date: c. 550–510 BC
- Denomination: Stater
- Weight: 7.08 grams
- Composition: Silver (AR)
- Strike Grade: 5/5
- Surface Grade: 1/5 (Fragmentary as noted)
- Certification: NGC Ancients #8233086-004
- Obverse Design: Bull standing left, head turned right; ethnic “VM” in exergue
- Reverse Design: Incuse bull standing right, head turned left – a mirror image of the obverse, executed in the rare incuse technique
- Reference: HN Italy 1729; SNG ANS 828-844
Collectibility:
Coins of Sybaris, especially early staters with clear ethnic marks and full incuse reverses, are in high demand among collectors of archaic Greek and early Italian coinage. This example, while fragmentary, displays exceptional strike quality and the defining characteristics of the series. Certified by NGC Ancients and accompanied by a photo certificate, this is a rare opportunity to acquire a tangible piece of early Western coinage innovation from one of antiquity’s richest cities.
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