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Triobol
| Issuer | Sikyon |
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| Year | 340 BC - 330 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | The Chimaera, the mythological composite beast and civic symbol of Sikyon, depicted in a prowling stance to right above a ground line. The creature displays a lion's body with muscular forelegs, claws extended, and a serpent tail curling upward, while the goat's head rises prominently from the back. The figure is rendered in fine archaic-to-classical relief with careful attention to the musculature and surface texture of the beast. No legend or inscription appears in the field. |
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| Reverse description | A dove in full flight to right, depicted with wings broadly outstretched and fanned tail feathers, rendered with exceptional naturalistic detail characteristic of Sikyonian coinage of this period. The bird is shown above a ground line, its body in profile with the head turned slightly forward, the individual flight feathers carefully engraved. The dove served as a secondary civic emblem of Sikyon, associated with the city's artistic and religious traditions. The field is otherwise plain with no surrounding legend. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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