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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2252955, member: 57495&quot;]Okay, I&#039;m not really going to tell you about the birds and the beasts, but I do have three nice coins of Sikyon to share - four birds and two beasts in all <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s been on my list for some years now, but it was only two weeks ago that I found the Sikyon stater for me.&nbsp; Along the way, I also picked up two of the smaller denominations, a hemidrachm and drachm.&nbsp; I post them below in the order I purchased them, all in the past two months.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>First up, a double-dove drachm...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]445959[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>SIKYONIA, Sikyon</b></p><p>AR Drachm</p><p>5.03g, 18mm</p><p>Circa 431-400 BC</p><p>BCD Peloponnesos 180-4; HGC 5, 206.</p><p>O: Dove alighting left; S-E flanking.</p><p>R: Dove flying left within wreath.</p><p><i>Ex BCD Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>My next purchase was a hemidrachm, a fairly small coin, but one with a lovely bluish tone and a fairly decent &#039;beast&#039; to boot. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]445958[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>SIKYONIA, Sikyon</b></p><p>AR Hemidrachm</p><p>2.62g, 15.3mm</p><p>Circa 330-280 BC</p><p>BCD 284; SNG Copenhagen 57; BMC 111.</p><p>O: Chimaera advancing left; SI below.</p><p>R: Dove flying left. </p><p><br /></p><p>And finally, the big kahuna... this is a heavy, beautiful coin with an iconic design, and in hand you can really appreciate why the Sikyon stater so well deserves its popularity with collectors of Greek coins.&nbsp; I&#039;m really v̶e̶r̶y̶,̶ ̶v̶e̶r̶y̶ ridiculously pleased with mine <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]445960[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>SIKYONIA, Sikyon</b></p><p>AR Stater</p><p>11.95g, 24mm</p><p>Circa 431-400 BC</p><p>BCD Peloponnesos 186; HGC 5, 181.</p><p>O: Chimaera standing left; SE below.</p><p>R: Dove flying left within wreath.</p><p><i>Ex BCD Collection</i></p><p><i>Ex Joseph J. Copeland Collection </i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Please do feel free to share your coins of Sikyon... I know there are some excellent ones out there!</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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