2008 (June 28): Bronze corrosion was cleaned mechanically with microairabrasive unit. After cleaning, immersed in solution of Incralac 5% diluted in Toluene for surface protection (Nikol Anastasatou).
Preservation description
Wear: VG/G. Somewhat sparse, deep pitting to incipient cratering. Small spots of green to light greenish brown bronze disease.
Name of city within wreath tied below (elongated leaves and no berries?)
Reverse Inscription
ΣΙ (spaced letters without serifs and sigma has parallel bars)
Chronology 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.
