★ A beautifully toned stater from Sikyon ★

SIKYONIA. Sikyon. Circa 340-330 BC. Stater (Silver, 24 mm, 12.24 g, 3 h). Chimaira walking left on ground line; above, wreath; below, ΣΙ. Rev. Dove flying right; above the dove's tail, A; below its left wing, Θ; all within olive wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 222.2. BMC 106. Beautifully toned. Good very fine.

From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, privately acquired from Bank Leu on 5 November 1981 (with a photocopy of the original invoice enclosed), ex Numismatic Fine Arts I, 20-21 March 1975, 131 and Hess-Leu 45, 12-13 May 1970, 200.