Kelenderis (BC 425-410) Stater

ca 425-410 BC. AR Stater (10.82g, 2h). Nude rider, holding whip in his left hand, jumping from horse galloping to left (performing the kalpe', a horse race in which the rider jumps from his horse and runs beside it) / Goat kneeling to left, head turned back to right; ivy branch above. Toned, EF. Ex Bank Leu 28 (5/1981), lot 182, and from the Cilician Hoard of 1957 (IGCH 1255).

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Filename:	image00180.jpg
City/Mint name:	Kelenderis
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Keywords:	silver / classical
References:	C.M. Kraay, The Celenderis Hoard, NC 1962, 14 (same dies); SNG Paris 48 (same dies, but with A on rev that was erased before this coin struck); SNG von Aulock 5624 (same dies)
Valuation:	Leu Auc. 91 (5/2004), lot 180 (CHF 2,000 ($1,538) + comm)
Photo courtesy of:	Leu Numsmatik - www.leu-numismatik.com
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Date added:	Dec 08, 2004
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