Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3401 SESSION 11 - 9.30AM Thursday 31 July Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $250
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PELOPONNESOS, Sikyonia, Sikyon, (330/320-280's B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (2.49 g), obv. chimaera to left, **SI* below, on ground line with right foreleg raised high, rev. dove flying to left, pellet above tail, (cf.S.2774, BCD 292 [LHS 96], BMC 124). Toned, nearly extremely fine, rare.
Ex UBS Switzerland Auction Sale January 27, 2004 (lot 595 part) with collector's ticket. The Chimaera's presence on the coinage may have ties to the Achaean cult of Bellerophon, slayer of the monster and to the Corinthian coin types derived from this myth, as Corinth was the ancient enemy of Sicyon. The dove on the reverse was probably the animal of Aphrodite, whose worship was important at Sikyon.
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