Part Three

The Doctrine of Pythagoras

Section I. Mathematics
Section II. Philosophy
Section III. Symbols

Among the earliest coins of the Greek colonists in Southern Italy, this silver stater of Croton dates to the late 6th century B.C. It shows on its obverse the tripod of Apollo and the abbreviated name of the city, and on its reverse the incuse impression of that same design, less the inscription.
Photo courtesy of Numismatica Ars Classica