Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: KC053 (Early-Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of Sikyon)

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Type: Inventoried Object
Not after (date): -200
Not before (date): -300
Comment: J. Warren (Warren1983, pp. 41-43) generally dates Group 4 chalkoi with the legend ΣΙ after those with Σ but observes a period of overlap. She speculates that historical events at the end of the 4th c. or around the second quarter of the 3rd c. might have occasioned the shift.
Logical part of: Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: BCDPeloponnesos 317.7, pp. 90-91
Comparanda: NemeaIII 1438-1442, p. 138, pl. 17 (R. C. Knapp and J. D. MacIsaac)
Comparanda: Warren1983, pp. 38-43, Group 4C.5, pl. 7
Comparanda: Warren1998, p. 350, pl. 74:8, 9
Preservation comment: Wear: VG/G. Somewhat sparse, deep pitting to incipient cratering. Small spots of green to light greenish brown bronze disease.
Published as: Weir2022, pp. 1124-1125, no. 797, fig. 23.4
Axis (1-12): 3
Has denomination: Chalkous
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 13.0
Numismatic Mint: Sikyon
Numismatic Weight (g): 1.34
Obverse Description: Dove flying to right
Reverse Description: Name of city within wreath tied below (elongated leaves and no berries?)
Reverse Inscription: ΣΙ (spaced letters without serifs and sigma has parallel bars)
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period: Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Bird (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation: “KC053 (Early-Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of Sikyon).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kc053>