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| Peleponnesos. Sikyon AR Triobol / Ex 2006 BCD Auction |
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Attribution: BCD 301.4 (this coin)
Date: circa 280s BC
Obverse: Chimera standing left with right forepaw raised, ΣE below
Reverse: Dove flying left, OИ behind
Size: 16.16mm
Weight: 2.81 grams
Rarity:  7
Description: toned XF with light violet iridescence around the obverse elements. Ex Kirk Davis with tag. Ex LHS Numismatics 96 (8-9 May 2006), lot 301.4 (the 5 coin lot sold for $1500). From the BCD Collection. From the Atalanti/North of Elis Hoard of 1975 (Picard p. 324 = Coin Hoards II, 75). The NO that appears on this issue is also found on a rare group of tetradrachms struck by Sikyon in the name of Alexander, circa 300-290 BC (Price 708).
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