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Stater of Sikyon with Chimaera
Greek
Late Classical Period
about 350–340 B.C.
Mint: Sikyonia (Peloponnesos), Sikyon
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 12.28 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.865
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1179.
DescriptionObverse: Chimaera to left on line, right forepaw raised.
In field above, a wreath.
Reverse: Within olive wreath dove flying to right one wing above, one below.
Letter above and below tail.
Olive wreath border tied at left.
In field above, a wreath.
Reverse: Within olive wreath dove flying to right one wing above, one below.
Letter above and 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. 902); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren