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Hemiobol
| Issuer | Sikyon (Sikyonia) |
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| Year | 450 BC - 425 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Dove standing and walking to left with wings folded and closed, rendered in fine relief against a plain, incuse field. The bird is depicted in a naturalistic style with carefully engraved feather details visible on the wings and tail. The type reflects the civic emblem of Sikyon, where the dove served as a principal symbol on the city's coinage throughout the Classical period. |
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| Reverse description | Dove walking to left with wings fully spread and raised, depicted in dynamic flight posture with finely detailed feather engraving across the primary and secondary wing feathers. The spread-wing motif provides a striking contrast to the closed-wing type on the obverse. Below the bird, in the left field, the Greek inscription ΗΣ serves as an ethnic or denominational abbreviation. The design occupies the full flan within a plain field, characteristic of small Sikyonian fractional silver coinage of the Classical period. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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