Snake, Lion, Bird, Goat? Yes, it’s a Sikyon Stater depicting an awesome Chimera and Dove

I thank the coin gods that I found this Sikyon coin before we left the NYINC show. This one has been on the want list for quite a while and this is precisely the grade & price for which I’ve been looking.


SIKYONIA, Sikyon
AR Stater
335-330 BC

11.94 grams, 23.2 mm
Obv: Chimera advancing left, paw raised, wreath above, ΣΕ below.
Rev: Dove flying left, I left, all within olive wreath.
Grade: a gVF nicely toned coin.
Other: Sikyon mint. BCD Peloponnesos 219, Traité III 776, BCD Peloponnesos pg 40, 56. SNG Cop 48 var (N instead of I). Ex CNG auction 312 lot 88 originating from a 1930’s collection.

 

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Mine is no where as nice as yours:

 

Very nice example of a very beautiful type!!!

 

C89, your batting 999 with these three new coins, this is on my wish list to, really like this coin...

 

Another winner!

 

What a great score!

 

Super lookin' coin, Collect89 ... the Lion and Goat are especially sweet (sweeter than my example)

=> but I still love parading the ol' girl around the forum

 

Oh no! This was from that old 1930's collection and you don't have the original box it came with! That is a damn shame. The coins in the group all came with these little shallow boxes - the kind designed to be placed in coin cabinets. The boxes had some pedigree info on them. Most were purchased between 1938 and 1940 in New York, from New Netherlands Coin Co and other dealers active in the city at that time.

 

dang......that's a sweet chimera...but that dove is dang near flawless.

 

That is a fantastic coin! Very attractive! Congrats!

 

Thanks for all the complements & information. I took another (better) photo of the coin:

 

Yup, that's certainly a sweet coin ... oh, and a sweet photo!!

 

I am getting photos that are the correct color & more accurately depict the coin by simply placing the coin on my desk & using my hand-held camera. There are three fluorescent lights about 5 ft above the desk-top. I've got to get some similar fluorescent lamps & try to reproduce this photo success at home.

 

That second pic is outstanding. Well-done!

 

Man is that the same coin, Awesome, love that ancient blue hue...

 

The new photo doubled my opinion of the coin.