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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1804040, member: 19463&quot;]As advertised in Steve&#039;s next target thread, the Sikyon stater did come home with me.&nbsp; It will be a matter of opinion whether it is in the class of Steve&#039;s coin but this one is by far the best example &#039;for me&#039; of any Sikyon I have ever seen.&nbsp; It has faults.&nbsp; The lion face of&nbsp; the Chimera is crowded by the edge of the flan and is a bit weakly struck.&nbsp; (-1)&nbsp; The goat head is similarly affected by the edge of the coin.&nbsp; (-1).&nbsp; The coin has scratches on both sides (-2) that appear to both be the Greek letter phi making me wonder if they are ancient graffiti. (+1)&nbsp; The one on the obverse is just under the E&nbsp; but is so faint that I need to reshoot it to get a better rendition for the inset on my photo.&nbsp; All this makes it a coin I might be able to pass up but this coin has an excellent rendition of the Chimera&#039;s tail.&nbsp;&nbsp; Few show anything to suggest the cutter even knew that a properly equipped Chimera had a serpent for a tail let alone the bearded face on this one.&nbsp; That is why I wanted this coin enough that I was only able to come home with eight coins rather than my usual 20 junkers.&nbsp;&nbsp; Certainly I wish I had a better lion face.&nbsp; The die had a great rendition of the goat but mine is weak on the front leg on the lion&#039;s shoulder.&nbsp; I would love to see a perfect specimen from these dies but certainly could not afford it.&nbsp;&nbsp; I need to research the significance of the legend on mine being SE while some are SI.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are many variations with minor types and letters in the fields but I do not know how to date specific coins.&nbsp; &nbsp; Post your Chimera coins, please.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sikyon, Sikonia, AR stater 360-330 BC </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]293608[/ATTACH] </p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Chimera_di_Arezzo.jpg/671px-Chimera_di_Arezzo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>There are 7 more coins from today but this is my top dog.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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