Sikyon occupied an unusual position in the Peloponnese — wealthy enough from its linen and bronze industries to maintain an active mint, yet politically subordinate enough that its coinage history is largely defined by interruptions. This bronze issue falls within the period following Sikyon's forced synoikism under Demetrios Poliorketes around 303 BC, when the city was physically relocated from its lower town to the acropolis plateau.
The BCD collection reference here is significant: Lew Brice's exhaustive Peloponnesos hoard study remains the primary die-linkage resource for Sikyonian bronzes of this period, and relatively few examples passed through major collections with both references confirmed.
Sikyon occupied an unusual position in the Peloponnese — wealthy enough from its linen and bronze industries to maintain an active mint, yet politically subordinate enough that its coinage history is largely defined by interruptions. This bronze issue falls within the period following Sikyon's forced synoikism under Demetrios Poliorketes around 303 BC, when the city was physically relocated from its lower town to the acropolis plateau.
The BCD collection reference here is significant: Lew Brice's exhaustive Peloponnesos hoard study remains the primary die-linkage resource for Sikyonian bronzes of this period, and relatively few examples passed through major collections with both references confirmed.