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Stater
| Issuer | Sikyon (Sikyonia) |
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| Year | 431 BC - 400 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse lettering | ΣΙ |
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| Mintage | ND (431 BC - 400 BC) |
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Sikyon occupied an awkward position during the Peloponnesian War — nominally allied with Sparta yet geographically squeezed between Corinth and Argos, two powers with sharply conflicting loyalties. The city's coinage from this period reflects a mint operating under real political pressure, producing issues that circulated across the northeastern Peloponnese at a moment when alliance networks were being tested and redrawn almost annually. The dove type associated with Sikyonian staters has long been linked to the city's role as a religious center, though the specific sanctuary connection remains debated among specialists.