Co 225 (Late Hellenistic bronze coin of Sikyon) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

-75

Not before (date)

-100

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Typological identification comment

J. Warren (pp. 21-22) suggests that the denomination could have been quarter-obol or trichalkon.

Comparanda

BMCPeloponnesus Sikyon 234, 235, p. 55, pl. IX:18

Comparanda

Warren1984, p. 18, Group 12.1, pl. 3

Contributor Notes

2010 (late May): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.

Contributor Notes

2024: JLR updated identification.

Preservation description

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]

Chronology 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.

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