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 View CategoriesHome > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Greece| > |Peloponnesos| > GS37270Sikyon, Peloponnesos, Greece, c. 350 - 330 B.C. The affectionate dove, the bird of love, was sacred to the goddess Venus (Aphrodite). Doves were said to draw her heavenly chariot, and the Syrian Aphrodite Ashtarte was said to have been hatched from an egg nursed by doves. The phrase attributed to Jesus, "Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves" (Matthew 10.16), was no random metaphor but a traditional Syrian invocation.
GS37270. Silver obol, SNG Cop 66 - 67, gVF, grainy, Sikyon mint, weight 0.767g, maximum diameter 12.3mm, die axis 90o, obverse laureate head of Apollo right; reverse ΣI, dove flying right; ex CNG; SOLD
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