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Chalkon
| Issuer | Sikyon |
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| Year | 200 BC |
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| Value | Chalkon (1⁄48) |
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| Obverse description | Nude male youth advancing right in a dancing or striding pose, both arms raised above the head and grasping a long knotted fillet or ribbon. A dove in flight appears to the right of the figure, also oriented right. The design is rendered in the summary style typical of late Hellenistic bronze coinage from the Peloponnese. |
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| Reverse description | The civic monogram ΣI, denoting Sikyon, displayed prominently within a wreath tied at the base with a ribbon or knot. The wreath is composed of olive or laurel branches encircling the field, a common reverse type for Sikyonian bronze issues of the Hellenistic period. |
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| Mintage | ND (-200) |
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