v18_0082 - SIKYONA - SIKYON Statère
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 950.00 €
Estimate : 1 500.00 €
Realised price : 1 460.00 €
Number of bids : 5
Maximum bid : 2 193.00 €
Starting price : 950.00 €
Estimate : 1 500.00 €
Realised price : 1 460.00 €
Number of bids : 5
Maximum bid : 2 193.00 €
Type : Statère
Date: c. 360-330 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,27 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de flan large, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. En particulier, la couronne du revers est complète. Jolie patine de collection ancienne
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient d’une vieille collection des années 30
Obverse
Obverse description : Chimère passant à gauche.
Obverse legend : SE.
Reverse
Reverse description : Colombe volant à droite ; le tout dans une couronne d'olivier.
Reverse legend : N.
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire de bonne conservation et d’une qualité de frappe remarquable, on distingue le plumage de la colombe et son œil.
Historical background
SIKYONA - SIKYON
(4th century BC)
Sicyone, at the mouth of the Isthmus of Corinth in the Peloponnese, was the smallest political entity in this region with Phlius which it touched. Landlocked between Achaia and Argolis, it had been described by Homer in the Iliad as having been part of the kingdom of Agamemnon. We have little information on the history of the city before the end of the Persian Wars except that the region was often devastated by the Athenians, in particular under Pericles in 454 BC, according to E. Babelon. Coinage would only begin to become important after the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC..
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