Ancient Coinage of Sikyon

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BCD 219Sikyonia, Sikyon, AR stater ca. 335-330 BC. 23mm, 12.28 g. ΣE beneath chimaera walking left on ground line, right paw raised; wreath above. / Dove flying left, I beneath head, all within wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 219; BMC 56; Traité 775.TextImage
BCD 222.3Sikyonia, Sikyon, AR stater ca. 360-320 BC. 25 mm, 12.06 g. ΣE beneath chimaera walking left on ground line, right paw raised; wreath above. / Dove flying right, A in upper left field, all within wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 222.3; Hoover HGC 197.TextImage
BCD 268Sikyon, AR Tritartemorion or 3/4 Obol, Ca 400-350 BC. 9mm, 0.57 g. Archaic figure of Apollo kneeling right, holding bow and arrows / ΣE within wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 268-9.TextImage
BCD 277Sikyon, Sikyonia, AE12 chalkous, 365-330 BC. 1.47 g. Dove flying left / Large M ("san"), A above, small wreath below. Warren Group 2, 18; BCD Peloponnesos 277.TextImage
BCD 298Sikyonia, Sikyon, AR triobol ca. 330-280 BC. 16 mm, 2.8 g. ΣI beneath chimaera walking left on ground line, right paw raised. / Dove flying left, Δ in right field. BCD Peloponnesos 298.TextImage
BMC 2Sikyonia, Sikyon AR Stater. Circa 400-330 BC. Chimaera standing left; wreath above, ΣE below / Dove flying right; A above tail; all within wreath. TextImage
BMC 22Sikyon, Sikyonia. ca 431-400 BC. AR Stater. Chimaera walking left; ΣE below / Dove flying left within wreath. TextImage
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BMC 36Peloponnesos, Sikyon, Sikyonia. Cca 431-400 BC. AR Hemiobol 9mm, 0.43 g. Lion standing left; Σ above / Dove flying left within olive wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 207; BMC 36.TextImage
BMC 47Sikyon, Sikyonia. Circa 400 BC. AR Stater. Chimaera walking right; SE below / Dove flying right in wreath, A behind. TextImage
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BMC 52Sikyon, Sikyonia. Circa 431-400 BC. AR Stater. Chimaera left; SE below, wreath above / Dove flying right within wreath; A behind. TextImage
BMC 54vSikyon AR Stater. Circa 400-330 BC. Chimaera standing right; ΣE below / Dove flying left; Δ above tail; all within wreath. TextImage
BMC 56Sikyonia, Sikyon AR Stater. Circa 400-330 BC. Chimaera left; wreath above, ΣE below / Dove flying left within wreath; I before. SNG Lockett 2326; Weber 3904. TextImage
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BMC 57Sikyonia, Sikyon AR Stater. Circa 400-330 BC. Chimaera left; wreath above, ΣE below / Dove flying left within wreath; N before. SNGCop 48. TextImage
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BMC 62vSikyon. c431-400 BC. AR Stater. Chimaera left; laureate head of Apollo below / Dove flying left within wreath; L below tail. TextImage
BMC 64Sikyon. Circa 400-330 BC. AR Stater. Chimaera left; S before, Apollo drawing bow below / Dove flying left within wreath; PA behind. TextImage
BMC 66Sikyonia, Sikyon AR Drachm. Circa 431-400 BC. Chimaera right; SE below / Dove flying right. SNGCop 36. TextImage
BMC 68Sikyon AR Half Stater. Circa 400-330 BC. Chimaera standing left; ΣE below / Dove flying left; I below head; all within wreath. SNG Cop 37. TextImage
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BMC 94Sikyon, Sikyonia, AE14 chalkous, 365-335 BC. 2.22 g. Dove flying left / M with palmette below. Warren Group 1, 1; BMC 94; SNG Cop 74; BCD Peloponnesos 273; McClean 6288.TextImage
BMC 95Sikyon, Peloponnesos, ca. 250 - 146 BC. AE 16, 2.165g. Dove flying right / Large Σ or large M within wreath, floral ornament below. BMC 95.TextImage
BMC 106
Sear SG 2771
Sikyon AR Stater. ca 400-330 BC. Chimaera standing left, wreath above, ΣI below / Dove in wreath flying right; A above tail, Θ below. BMC 106.TextImage
BMC 106vSikyon. Circa 400-330 BC. AR Stater. Chimaera standing right; wreath above, SI below / Dove in wreath right; A above tail, Q below. TextImage
BMC 107Sykion, Drachm 5.72 gr, 20.65 mm. 400-300 BC. Σ-I, dove alighting left / Dove flying left in wreath, E beneath wing. BMC 107; De Luynes 2222.TextImage
BMC 111
Sear SG 2767
Sikyon AR Hemidrachm. 4th century BC. Chimaera standing left, with heads of snake, lion and goat, raising forepaw, ΣE below / dove flying left, Σ to right. SNG Cop 57, BMC 111; BCD Peloponnesos 289; Hoover HGC 213.TextImage
BMC 118Sykyonia, Sikyon. ca 400-330 BC. AR Hemidrachm. Chimaera standing left, raising forepaw; SI below / Dove flying left; NO in field. TextImage
BMC 119Sykyonia, Sikyon. ca 400-330 BC. AR Hemidrachm. Chimaera standing left, raising forepaw; ΣI below / Dove flying left; Σ in right field. BMC 119; Traité 803. TextImage
BMC 124
Sear SG 2774
Sikyon, Peloponnesos, AR triobol. c.360-330 BC, Chimera standing left, ΣI below / Dove flying left, three dots in right field. SNG Cop. 64-65; BMC 124; BCD 294.TextImage
BMC 149Peloponnesos, Sikyon, Sikyonia. Circa 330-310/05 BC. AE Dichalkon 16mm, 2.65 g, ruler Euphron. Dove flying left / EY within wreath tying below. Warren, Bronze 5.4a; BCD Peloponnesos 305.6. BMC 149; Traité III, 812; SNG Cop 85; Weber 3924. .TextImage
BMC 151Sikyon, Sikyonia. Ca 330-310/05 BC. AE Dichalkon 4.01 g. Dove flying left / ME beneath small wreath, all within large wreath. Warren, Bronze, group 5, 3a; BCD Peloponnesos 310 (this coin); BMC 151.TextImage
BMC 163Sicyon, Peloponnesus, AR obol. 370-250 BC. 10 mm, 0.62 g. Laureate head of Apollo right. / Dove flying left. BMC 163; BCD Peloponnesos 263; Hoover HGC 227.TextImage
BMC 182Sikyon, Sikyonia. ca 251-146 BC. AE17mm. Dove standing right feeding / Tripod within olive wreath. SNGCop 111. TextImage
BMC 194
Sear SG 2777
Sikyon. AR Hemidrachm. Before 146 BC. Dove flying left. / Large Σ, ΘΡA-Σ-Y-KΛHΣ above and to sides. BMC 194; Sear SG 2777.TextImage
BMC 195Sikyon AR Hemidrachm. Before 146 BC. Dove flying right / large Σ in shallow incuse square. TextImage
BMC 203Sikyonia, Sikyon. AE14 Dichalkon. Early 3rd century. Dove flying left / ΣI in circle within wreath. BMC 203; Warren Group 7, B.TextImage
BMC 215Sikyon, Sikyonia, AE17 chalkous, 100-60 BC. 3.15 g. AΛEXI-ΩN, dove flying left / ΣI within wreath. BMC 215; Warren 10.4; BCD Peloponnesos 337.TextImage
BMC 217Sikyon, Peloponnesos, ca. 250 - 146 BC. AE 16, 2.165g. Dove flying left, magistrate's name MENI-AΓ above and beneath wing / ΣI within olive-wreath. BMC 217.TextImage
BMC 223Peloponnesos, Sikyon, Sikyonia. Circa 100-60 BC. AE Chalkous (15mm, 3.33 g. Promachidas, magistrate. Dove flying left; ΠΡOM[AX above wing, ΔA above tail above tail / ΣI within wreath. Warren, Bronze 10.2; BCD Peloponnesos 338.3; BMC 223.TextImage
Clerk 108Achaean League, Sikyon AR Hemidrachm. ca 195-188 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / AX monogram, E-Y, ΣI below, all within wreath. BMC 45, Thompson 245. TextImage
Clerk 109Achaean League, Sikyon AR Hemidrachm. ca 195-188 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / AX monogram, ΣI flanking, EY below, all within wreath. BCD 321.2, SNG Cop 259. TextImage
CNG 383, 127Sikyon, Sikyonia, AE18 dichalkon, ca. 330-305 BC. 4.09 g. Dove flying right / M within wreath with wreath ties above. Warren Group 5, Series I, unlisted var; BCD Peloponnesos –; cf. HGC 5, 259. Unpublished var. CNG 383, 127.TextImage
McClean 6252Sikyon, Sikyonia. ca 400-323 BC. AR Stater. Chimaera left; laureate head of Apollo below / Dove flying right within wreath; Λ beneath tail. TextImage
Mionnet II, 73Sikyonia, Sikyon, AR stater ca. 360-320 BC. 23mm, 11.75 g. ΣE beneath chimaera walking left on ground line, right paw raised. / Dove flying left, A beneath head, all within wreath. Mionnet II, 73 (as Seriphus in error, corrected in Mionnet Supp. IV).TextImage
Mionnet II, 77Sikyonia, Sikyon, AR stater ca. 360-320 BC. 23mm, 12.02 g. ΣE beneath chimaera walking left on ground line, right paw raised; wreath above. / Dove flying left, N beneath head, all within wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 218; Mionnet II, 77 (as Seriphus in error, corrected in Mionnet Supp. IV);BMC 57; SNG Cop 48.TextImage
SNG Cop 28Sikyon, Sikyonia, AR Tetartemorion. 500-450 BC, 0.15 g. Dove's head left / Σ in incuse square. SNG Cop 28; Hoover HGC 251.TextImage
SNG Cop 31Sikyon, Sikyonia. Circa 430-400 BC. AR Stater. Chimaera standing left / Dove flying left within wreath. TextImage
SNG Cop 32cfSicyon AR Stater. ca ?430–?400 BC. ΣE, chimaera prowling right / Dove flying right within olive wreath. Traité pl. ccxix, 31. Cf. SNG Cop 32 (ΣE retrograde). TextImage
SNG Cop 33Sikyon. Circa 431-400 BC. AR Stater. Chimaera walking right; ΣE below / Dove flying left in wreath. SNG Delepierre 1936. TextImage
SNG Cop 48Peloponnesus, Sicyon AR Stater. ca 340 BC. ΣE, chimaera left with lion’s body & goat forepart growing from back, wreath in upper right field / Dove flying left, I before, all in olive wreath. TextImage
SNG Cop 55Sikyon, Sikyonia. Circa 4th Century BC. AR Drachm. Dove alighting left; ΣI E / Dove flying left in wreath. TextImage
SNG Cop 60Sikyon, Sikyonia. c4th Century BC. AR Hemidrachm. Chimaera left; ΣI below / Dove flying left; NO behind. TextImage
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SNG Cop 66vSikyon, Sikyonia. 4th Century BC. AR Obol. Laureate head of Apollo right / Dove flying right. TextImage
SNG Cop 68Sicyon, 4th Century BC, AR Obol. Laureate head of Apollo right / Dove flying left. TextImage
SNG Cop 77Sikyon, Sikyonia, AE14 chalkous, 330-270 BC. 1.72 g. Dove flying left / Σ within wreath with ties to left. Warren Group 4A, 1; SNG Cop 77; BCD Peloponnesos 304.1; McClean 6290.TextImage
SNG Cop 80-82Sicyon AE15, 323-251 BC. 2.60 g. Dove flying left / ΣI within olive-wreath. TextImage
SNG Cop 102Sikyon AR Hemidrachm. 251-146 BC. Dove flying left / Large Σ ΠΡO above, MA to left, XI to right, ΔAΣ below. TextImage
SN GCop 103Sikyon, Sikyonia. 1st century BC. AR Triobol. Dove flying left / Σ between monogram and winged caduceus; all in shallow incuse square. TextImage
SNG Del 1938Sikyon AR Stater. Circa 400-330 BC. Chimaera standing left; ΣE below / Dove flying left within wreath. TextImage
SNG Lockett 2329Sikyon, Sikyonia. Circa 431-400 BC. AR Stater. Chimaera left; head of Apollo below / Dove flying left within wreath; AU. TextImage
unlisted StaterSikyon, Sikyonia. c431-400 BC. AR Stater. Chimaera left; wreath above, ΣE (retrograde) below; ΠΛ (retrograde) in exergue / Dove flying left within wreath; AN above tail. TextImage
Sear SG 2659Sicyonia Sicyon AR Drachm. 500-450 BC. 17 mm, 6.24 g. Dove flying left. / Large M (= letter san), plain, within incuse square. Sear 2659; SNG Cop 18; Traité 1184; Weber 3891; BCD 154. TextImage
BMC 111
Sear SG 2767
Sikyon AR Hemidrachm. 4th century BC. Chimaera standing left, with heads of snake, lion and goat, raising forepaw, ΣE below / dove flying left, Σ to right. SNG Cop 57, BMC 111; BCD Peloponnesos 289; Hoover HGC 213.TextImage
Sear SG 2771Sikyon AR Stater. ca 400-330 BC. Chimaera standing left, wreath above, ΣI below / Dove in wreath flying right; A above tail, Θ below. BMC 106.TextImage
Sear SG 2774Sikyon, Peloponnesos, AR triobol. c.360-330 BC, Chimera standing left, ΣI below / Dove flying left, three dots in right field. SNG Cop. 64-65; BMC 124; BCD 294.TextImage
Sear SG 2777Sikyon. AR Hemidrachm. Before 146 BC. Dove flying left. / Large Σ, ΘΡA-Σ-Y-KΛHΣ above and to sides. BMC 194; Sear SG 2777.TextImage
NERO
RPC 1238Nero, AE19 of Sikyon, Sikyonia. AD 54-68. 7.87 g. Magistrate C. Julius Polyaenus. NE KAI ZEYC EΛEYΘEΡIOC, laureate head right / EΠI Γ IOY ΠOΛYAINOY ΔACI, Emperor on horseback trotting left. RPC I 1238; Paris 663; BCD Pelop. 354.2.TextImage
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
BCD 355Septimius Severus, AE24 of Sicyon, Peloponnesos, AD 198-205. AY KAI C CEOBHOC (sic), laureate head right / CIKYωNIωN, Dionysos wearing short chiton and boots, standing left, holding patera and thyrsos. BCD (LHS sale) 355; Gress 955 corr (attributes).TextImage
JULIA DOMNA
BCD Pelop. 361Julia Domna, AE23 of Sikyon, Sikyonia. AD 193-217. 6.17 g. IOY ΔOMNA CEBACTH, draped bust right / CIKYωNIωN, Asklepios seated left, holding sceptre and extending hand to serpent rising at his feet. BCD Peloponnesos 361 (this coin).TextImage
BMC 241Julia Domna, AE24 of Sikyon, Sikyonia. AD 198-205. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEBACTH, draped bust right / CIKYωNIωN, Dionysus wearing short chiton, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot. BMC 241; BCD 373; Pausanias 3; Bernhart 375.TextImage
Svoronos 1914, p76Julia Domna AE25 of Sikyon. AD 193-217. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEBACTH, draped bust right. / CI-KY-NωINω across fields and below, Hermes, naked but for chlamys falling behind his back, standing slightly left, holding ram on his shoulders, between two female figures standing left and right at his sides. Svoronos JIAN 1914, p. 76.TextImage
CARACALLA
BCD 357 varCaracalla, AE24 of Sikyon, Sikyonia. AD 198-217. 8.76 g. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CIKYΩNIΩN, emperor on horseback right, about to spear an enemy. Unpublished reverse for Caracalla. BCD Peloponnesos 357 var (this reverse for Sept. Severus); CNG 369, 377.TextImage
Mionnet II, 380Caracalla, AE of Sikyon, Sikyonia. AD 198-217. 5.50 g. Laureate, cuirassed bust right, seen from the back / CIKYωNIωN, Nike standing right on globe, holding wreath and palm. Mionnet II, 380.TextImage
PLAUTILLA
BMC 244 varPlautilla, AE22 of Sikyon, Sikyonia. AD 202-205. 5.32 g. Draped bust left / CIKYωNIωN, Tyche or Hera standing left by altar, holding patera and cornucopiae. BMC 244 var (altar); BCD Pelop. 373.7 var (ditto); Mionnet Supp. IV 1139 var (ditto); Pausanias 2 var (ditto). CNG 369, 378.TextImage
Mionnet Supp IV 1137 corrPlautilla, AE23 of Sikyon, Achaia. AD 202-205. 6.97 g. ΦOYΛBIA ΠΛAYTIΛΛA, draped bust right, small cornucopiae behind shoulder. / CIKYΩNIΩN, Serapis seated left, holding sceptre, Kerberos at foot left. Mionnet Supp. IV, 1137 corr. (obv. legend); Sestini Ainslie Lett. 28, 63 corr (ditto); Gress -; BCD -.TextImage
Nomos 5, 678Plautilla, AE22 of Sikyon, Sikyonia. AD 203-205. 4.73 g. ΦOYΛBIA ΠΛAYTIΛΛA, draped bust right with cornucopiae at her left shoulder / CIKYΩNIΩN, Bridled horse walking left, with a draped female bust left on its back. Gress 1003; Nomos 5, 678.TextImage
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