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
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