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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 2610633, member: 83845&quot;]So I have been doing some research lately on one of my favorite coin series, the AR Staters of Sikyon, trying to learn more about them and also how best to date them.</p><p><br /></p><p>My research keeps bringing me back to the work of the late Jennifer Warren (who the numismatic community unfortunately lost in 2016 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). So far I have only been able to find her short paper entitled:</p><p>Financing the Peloponnesian War: the Peloponnesian perspective.&nbsp; She describes the ability to date the series based on both the style of the obverse (chimaira) and the local ethnic <i>ΣE</i> changing (for the most part) to the ionic <i>ΣΙ </i>during the 4th century BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here we see a Stater circa 430 - 400 BC (images curtesy of wikimedia commons)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]571034[/ATTACH]</p><p>Note that the goats near leg is raised into the air (an earlier style indicator) and that the ethnic is spelled with an E.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next we have a Stater circa 360 - 330 BC.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]571044[/ATTACH]</p><p>Note the use of the I in the ethnic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally we have this odd duck circa 380 BC</p><p>[ATTACH=full]571045[/ATTACH]</p><p>I&#039;d like to discuss a couple of items with this one.&nbsp; Note that we are seeing the ethnic spelled with a &quot;E&quot; but this coin is dated post 400 BC (unusual).&nbsp; It seems on occasion the celator reverted to the local spelling of the ethnic in a somewhat sparatic manner.&nbsp; However you will never see the &quot;I&quot; crop up on earlier coins that date to the Peloponnesian War.&nbsp; Two stylistic indicators, that I am aware of, give this away as a post Peloponnesian War coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>First: the wreath on the upper right is a later addition to the series.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second: the near leg of the goat &quot;describes a circle&quot; as Jennifer Warren puts it.&nbsp; I&#039;m not 100% clear on this as an ironclad indicator and the paper I have doesn&#039;t elaborate. (Thoughts?)</p><p><br /></p><p>This is as far as I&#039;ve been able to get with this series. I would like to get my hands on Mrs. Warrens book: <i>The Silver Coins of Sikyon in Leiden: Analyses and Some Comments on the Coinage.</i></p><p>If any of you know where I can find this book or have anything to add or just to post your own Stater please feel welcome. Would also welcome any informative links or other book suggestions <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have also found in my research that [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] seems to have gone down this road as well a few years ago.&nbsp; Any input you have Doug would be very much appreciated as always![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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