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Stater of Sikyon with Chimaera
Greek
Classical Period
431–400 B.C.
Mint: Sikyonia (Peloponnesos), Sikyon
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 12.06 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.864
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1178.
DescriptionObverse: Chimaera to right on line, left forepaw raised.
Inscription in Greek between legs.
Reverse: Within olive wreath: dove flying to right one wing above, one below.
Inscription below tail.
Olive wreath border tied at left.
Inscription in Greek between legs.
Reverse: Within olive wreath: dove flying to right one wing above, one below.
Inscription below tail.
Olive wreath border tied at left.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 899); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren