KC069 (Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of Sikyon) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Not after (date)
-200
Not before (date)
-250
Comment
J. Warren (Warren1983, pp. 38, 41, n. 76) identifies Group 4C.8 in the “monumental style“ as the final issue of the type, which ranges ca. 330-200 BCE.
Comment
JLR refined Weir 2022 (October 2024).
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
BMCPeloponnesus Sicyon 204, p. 52
Comparanda
NemeaIII 1452-1459, p. 139, pl. 17 (R. C. Knapp and J. D. MacIsaac)
Comparanda
Warren1983, pp. 39-43, Group 4C.8, pl. 7
Description
Die slightly struck off flan to obverse bottom. Flan somewhat oversized for type.
Preservation comment
Wear: P. Extensive, slight pitting to incipient cratering; nicked edge; small, scattered patches of green bronze disease.
Published as
Weir2022, pp. 1125, 1126, no. 798, fig. 23.5
Axis (1-12)
8
Has denomination
Chalkous
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
15.5
Numismatic Mint
Sikyon
Numismatic Weight (g)
2.71
Obverse Description
Dove flying to left
Reverse Description
Name of city within wreath tied above (thick leaves)
Reverse Inscription
ΣΙ (letters are compact with serifs and sigma has bent bars?)
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Bird (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation
“KC069 (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/kc069>