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<p>[QUOTE="JBGood, post: 2356667, member: 38987"][ATTACH=full]480321[/ATTACH] </p><p>Sikyonia, Sikyon. Ca. 250-200 B.C. AE chalkous (15.1 mm, 2.08 g, 4 h). Dove flying right / ΣΙ within olive wreath with ties to right. BCD 316; SNG Cop </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I was attracted to this type and have been looking for a while. I like the dove and wreath motif. I love to pronounce Sicyon (sish-ee-on) or Sikyon (apparantly you can spell it anyway you want) which<i><b> "was an </b></i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece" rel="nofollow"><i><b>ancient Greek</b></i></a> <i><b>city state situated in the northern </b></i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnesus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnesus" rel="nofollow"><i><b>Peloponnesus</b></i></a> <i><b>between </b></i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth,_Greece" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth,_Greece" rel="nofollow"><i><b>Corinth</b></i></a> <i><b>and </b></i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaea" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaea" rel="nofollow"><i><b>Achaea</b></i></a><i><b>on the territory of the present-day regional unit of </b></i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinthia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinthia" rel="nofollow"><i><b>Corinthia</b></i></a><i><b>. An ancient monarchy at the times of the</b></i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_War" rel="nofollow"><i><b>Trojan War</b></i></a><i><b>, the city was ruled by a number of tyrants during the Archaic and Classical period and became a democracy in the 3rd century BC. Sicyon was celebrated for its contributions to ancient Greek art, producing many famous painters and sculptors. In Hellenistic times it was also the home of </b></i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aratus_of_Sicyon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aratus_of_Sicyon" rel="nofollow"><i><b>Aratus of Sicyon</b></i></a><i><b>, the leader of the </b></i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaean_League" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaean_League" rel="nofollow"><i><b>Achaean League</b></i></a><i><b>. - wiki</b></i></p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p>So this thread is about $30 coins or coins with doves and wreaths or coins from cities with really funny names.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JBGood, post: 2356667, member: 38987"][ATTACH=full]480321[/ATTACH] Sikyonia, Sikyon. Ca. 250-200 B.C. AE chalkous (15.1 mm, 2.08 g, 4 h). Dove flying right / ΣΙ within olive wreath with ties to right. BCD 316; SNG Cop I was attracted to this type and have been looking for a while. I like the dove and wreath motif. I love to pronounce Sicyon (sish-ee-on) or Sikyon (apparantly you can spell it anyway you want) which[I][B] "was an [/B][/I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece'][I][B]ancient Greek[/B][/I][/URL] [I][B]city state situated in the northern [/B][/I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnesus'][I][B]Peloponnesus[/B][/I][/URL] [I][B]between [/B][/I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth,_Greece'][I][B]Corinth[/B][/I][/URL] [I][B]and [/B][/I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaea'][I][B]Achaea[/B][/I][/URL][I][B]on the territory of the present-day regional unit of [/B][/I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinthia'][I][B]Corinthia[/B][/I][/URL][I][B]. An ancient monarchy at the times of the[/B][/I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_War'][I][B]Trojan War[/B][/I][/URL][I][B], the city was ruled by a number of tyrants during the Archaic and Classical period and became a democracy in the 3rd century BC. Sicyon was celebrated for its contributions to ancient Greek art, producing many famous painters and sculptors. In Hellenistic times it was also the home of [/B][/I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aratus_of_Sicyon'][I][B]Aratus of Sicyon[/B][/I][/URL][I][B], the leader of the [/B][/I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaean_League'][I][B]Achaean League[/B][/I][/URL][I][B]. - wiki [/B][/I] So this thread is about $30 coins or coins with doves and wreaths or coins from cities with really funny names.[/QUOTE]
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