Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: KC064 (Late Hellenistic bronze coin of Sikyon)

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Type: Inventoried Object
Not after (date): -50
Not before (date): -100
Comment: Coin dated 1st century BC-second quarter? at Warren1998, pp. 358-359. J. Warren (Warren1984, pp. 21-22) suggests that the denomination of this type could have been quarter-obol or trichalkon.
Comment: JLR revised Weir 2022 (October 2024).
Logical part of: Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: BMCPeloponnesus Sicyon 236, 237, p. 55
Comparanda: CorinthVI 322, p. 53
Comparanda: MacIsaac1987, p. 111, no. 132 (Theater Area, Corinth)
Comparanda: Warren1984, pp. 19-22, Group 12.7b, pl. 3
Comparanda: sim. NemeaIII 1547, p. 144, pl. 18
Preservation comment: Wear: G. Extensive abrasion across surface, reducing original weight; widespread, minute pitting; rounded edge.
Published as: Weir2022, pp. 1125, 1126, no. 799, fig. 23.5
Axis (1-12): 7
Has denomination: Tetartemorion
Has denomination: Trichalkon
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 16.0
Numismatic Issuer: Apollonius (Late Hellenistic Sicyonian)
Numismatic Mint: Sikyon
Numismatic Weight (g): 3.01
Obverse Description: Laureate head of Apollo with hair hanging thickly down neck to right
Reverse Description: Large dove alighting to left; name of megistrate read upwards along top edge of wing and downwards along bottom edge of wing
Reverse Inscription: ΑΠΟ[ΛΛ-Ⲱ]ΝΙΟ[Υ]
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Apollo (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts): Bird (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation: “KC064 (Late 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/kc064>