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Dichalkon
| Issuer | Sikyon |
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| Year | 330 BC - 305 BC |
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| Value | Dichalkon (1⁄24) |
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| Obverse description | A dove depicted in flight, moving to the left, rendered in fine relief with carefully detailed feathering on the outstretched wings. The bird's body is compact and naturalistic, with the tail fanned downward and the head slightly inclined. The design occupies the majority of the flan and is characteristic of the civic emblem of Sikyon, where the dove served as a principal type on bronze coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | A small olive wreath enclosed within a larger olive wreath, both rendered in relief with individually modelled leaves arranged symmetrically around the circular field. The inner wreath is smaller and centrally placed, creating a concentric double-wreath composition that fills the flan. This nested wreath type is a distinctive reverse design associated with the bronze coinage of Sikyon during the late fourth century BC. |
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| Mint | Sikyon |
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