- Co 225 (Late Hellenistic bronze coin of Sikyon) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -75
- Not before (date)
- -100
- Comment
- J. Warren (pp. 21-22) dates the coin most likely to the ca. first quarter of 1st century BC but cannot rule out ca. 58-30 BC, and suggests that the denomination could have been quarter-obol or trichalkon.
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- BMCPeloponnesus Sikyon 234, 235, p. 55, pl. IX:18
- Comparanda
- Warren1984, p. 18, Group 12.1, pl. 3
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F-aVF. Slight marginal chipping and cracking; sparse, slight pitting. Patches of white bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 16, no. 64 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 5
- Has denomination
- Tetartemorion
- Has denomination
- Trichalkon
- Numismatic Authority Comment
- Sikyon
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 20.0
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 2.91
- Obverse Description
- Head of Apollo with long hair to right
- Reverse Description
- Dove flying to left, holding fillet in beak
- Reverse Inscription
- Above wing, ΑΙΝΕΙΑΣ; above tail, large Σ[Ι]
- 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)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 225 (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/ke/co0225>
