eAuction #49 - beendet




Los 19. Sicyon Stater, extremely rare

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Very rare
Sicyon Stater, extremely rare

Verbleibende Zeit:
Beendet (Sonntag, 26. Juni, 19:09:30 CEST)
Aktuelle Zeit: Sonntag, 24. November, 15:01:08 CET

Erzielter Preis: CHF 900.00 (5 Gebote)
Ungefähr EUR 966.77 / USD 1'007.18 / GBP 803.79

Höchstbieter: Bieter 4

eAuction #49, Los 19. Schätzpreis: CHF 750.00

Sicyon, Sicyonia. AR Stater (23-24 mm, 12.18 g), c. 431-400 BC.
Obv. Lion walking right on ground line, left paw raised; above, bow; below, ΣE.
Rev. Dove flying right with wings open; above and below twail, Σ/I; all withing olive wreath.
BMC -, Traité 797, pl. CCXXI, 21 (= Pozzi P 4064, same dies).

Very rare, apparently one of only eleven examples known with lion instead of Chimaera. Nicely toned and very fine.

From the BCD collection; ex LHS 96 (2006), 194 and Münzen & Medaillen, FPL 96 (1950), 11.

This is one of the most unusual of all the Sicyon staters. It replaces the normal Chimaera by a lion, a type otherwise only found on an extensive series of contemporary hemiobols. The reason why this was done is unclear.




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