KC069 (Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of Sikyon) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Is Part Of
Coin Finds
Not after (date)
-200
Not before (date)
-250
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Comparanda
BMCPeloponnesus Sicyon 204, p. 52
Comparanda
NemeaIII 1452-1459, p. 139, pl. 17 (R. C. Knapp and J. D. MacIsaac)
Comparanda
Warren1983, pp. 39-43, Group 4C.8, pl. 7
Conservation
2008 (July): Bronze corrosion was cleaned mechanically with microairabrasive unit. After cleaning, immersed in solution of Incralac 5% diluted in Toluene for surface protection (Nikol Anastasatou).
Contributor Notes
2024 (October): JLR refined Weir2022.
Description
Die slightly struck off flan to obverse bottom. Flan somewhat oversized for type.
Preservation description
Wear: P. Extensive, slight pitting to incipient cratering; nicked edge; small, scattered patches of green bronze disease.
Published as
Weir2022, pp. 1125, 1126, no. 798, fig. 23.5
Axis (1-12)
8
Has denomination
Chalkous
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
15.5
Numismatic Mint
Sikyon
Numismatic Weight (g)
2.71
Obverse Description
Dove flying to left
Reverse Description
Name of city within wreath tied above (thick leaves)
Reverse Inscription
ΣΙ (letters are compact with serifs and sigma has bent bars?)
Chronology comment
J. Warren (Warren1983, pp. 38, 41, n. 76) identifies Group 4C.8 in the “monumental style“ as the final issue of the type, which ranges ca. 330-200 BCE.
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Bird (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph