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Lot 36. Sicyon Stater, lion walking right / dove flying right, ex BCD, extremely rare

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Sicyon Stater, lion walking right / dove flying right, ex BCD, extremely rare

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eAuction #10, Lot 36. Estimate: CHF 1'500.00

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 only. About very fine, nicely toned.

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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