- Co 2035 (Middle Hellenistic chalkous from Sikyon) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -150
- Not before (date)
- -196
- Comment
- Coin dated ca. 196-160/150 BC
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- BMCPeloponnese Sicyon 206, p. 52, pl. IX:14
- Comparanda
- Warren1984, pp. 6-7, 9-10, Group 8.8-10, fig. 1 (monogram 1, 2, 3?), pl. 1
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G/P. Roughly 15% snapped off from upper obverse, with deep adjacent flaking; extensive, slight pitting and moderate gouging.
- Axis (1-12)
- 2
- Has denomination
- Chalkous
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 12.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Sikyon
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.22
- Obverse Description
- Dove flying to left
- Obverse Inscription
- Between wing and tail, Α-based monogram
- Reverse Description
- Name of city within wreath tied above (berries and large leaves)
- Reverse Inscription
- ΣΙ (bold letters; sigma has straight bars, serifs; iota is mostly effaced)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Bird (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 2035 (Middle Hellenistic chalkous from Sikyon).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co2035>
