Co 422 (Early-Middle Hellenistic chalkous of Sikyon) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

-200

Not before (date)

-300

Comment

J. Warren (Warren1983, pp. 41-43) generally dates Group 4 chalkoi with the legend ΣΙ after those with Σ, and the serifs also indicate a late date in the range ca. 330-200 BCE. She speculates that historical events at the end of the 4th c. or around the second quarter of the 3rd c. might have occasioned the shift.

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

NemeaIII 1447-1451, p. 139, pl. 17 (R. C. Knapp and J. D. MacIsaac)

Comparanda

Warren1983, pp. 36-43, Group 4C.7γ, pl. 5

Preservation comment

Wear: F+. Slight, extensive pitting and flaking. Patches of white bronze disease on both faces.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 15, no. 55 (R. Hohlfelder)

Axis (1-12)

6

Has denomination

Chalkous

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

11.0

Numismatic Mint

Sikyon

Numismatic Weight (g)

1.36

Obverse Description

Dove flying to right

Reverse Description

Name of city within wreath tied above (large spreading leaves, no berries)

Reverse Inscription

ΣΙ (parallel bars with serifs)

Belongs to Historical Period

Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)

Belongs to Historical Period

Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Bird (Visual Motif)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph