Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: KC058 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic bronze coin from Sikyon)

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Type: Inventoried Object
Not after (date): -290
Not before (date): -333
Comment: Coin dated ca. 333-ca. 290(?) BCE
Comment: JLR refined Weir 2022 (October 2024).
Logical part of: Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: sim. Warren1983, pp. 45, 47-52, Group 5.6a, pl. 7 (e.g., rev. ΘⲈΥΦ)
Preservation comment: Wear: P. Irregular surface from abrasion, cratering, and flaking. Thin, extensive, pale green bronze disease on both faces.
Published as: Weir2022, p. 1129, no. 810, fig. 23.7 (“Uncertain Hellenistic(?)“)
Axis (1-12): 2
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 16.0
Numismatic Mint: Sikyon
Numismatic Weight (g): 1.82
Obverse Description: Dove flying left
Reverse Description: Uncertain letters inside wreath tied below (oval, berried leaves)
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Classical (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Bird (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation: “KC058 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic bronze coin from Sikyon).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kc058>