Co 906 (Early-Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of Sicyon) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

-200

Not before (date)

-330

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

CorinthVI 313, p. 52, pl. 7 (K. M. Edwards)

Comparanda

NemeaIII 1425, 1426, p. 138, pl. 17 (R. C. Knapp and K. D. MacIsaac)

Comparanda

Warren1983, pp. 36-37, Group 4A.6, pl. 6

Contributor Notes

2011 (late May): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.

Preservation description

Wear: EF. Very slight nicking; patches of light blue bronze disease.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 15, no. 58 (R. Hohlfelder)

Axis (1-12)

10

Has denomination

Chalkous

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

14.0

Numismatic Mint

Sikyon

Numismatic Weight (g)

2.06

Obverse Description

Dove flying to right

Reverse Description

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

Reverse Inscription

Σ (bars slightly splayed)

Chronology comment

J. Warren (pp. 41-43) generally dates Group 4 chalkoi with the legend ΣΙ after those with Σ but observes a period of overlap. 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.

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