Sikyonia, Sikyon

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Description

Circa 340-330 BC. AR stater, 12.35 gr., 23 mm.

Obv.: ΣΙ; chimaera advancing to the left on groundline; above: wreath.

Rev.: dove flying to the left within olive wreath; above tail: E.

Ref.: HGC 5, 199 (this coin illustrated); BCD Peloponnesos I, 216 (this coin).
A very rare emission according to BCD. Old cabinet tone. Nearly Extremely Fine.
Ex LHS Numismatik 96 (Zürich 2006) BCD, lot 16; ex Hirsch 355 (Munich 2020), lot 1740. From the BCD collection.