Co 225 (Late Hellenistic bronze coin of Sikyon) [ permalink ] [ show fewer 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 Issuer
Aineias (Late Hellenistic Sicyonian)
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
Reverse Photograph
