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12 June 2022
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Starting Price: 200 CHF
Hammer Price:  260 CHF
Lot 509

CILICIA. Kelenderis. Circa 425-400 BC. Stater (Silver, 19 mm, 10.77 g, 9 h). Youthful nude rider holding the reins with his right hand and a goad in his left, seated sideways on horse prancing to left, preparing to jump off and run alongside the horse. Rev. ΚΕΛΕΝ Goat kneeling right, its head turned back to left; in exergue, ivy leaf. SNG France 64 (same dies). SNG Levante 21 (same dies). SNG von Aulock 5628 (same dies). Very attractively toned. Very fine.

From a French collection, ex Hirsch 212, 22 November 2000, 372.

The coins of Kelenderis celebrate its horse-riding elite: they show the point in the kalpe - a race for mares - when, in the last lap, the jockey would slide off the horse and run alongside the horse until the finish. The style of these coins is usually very good indeed, as this piece shows; however, there are some pieces which really are dreadful, and they must be either ancient or later imitations.

Online bidding closes: 12 Jun 2022, 18:14:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 28 May 2025, 06:12:43 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:260 CHF by Wolfganh1827 (3 bids)
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