Gemini, LLC
Auction X 13 January 2013
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Cilicia. Celenderis. c. 400-350 BC. Stater, 10.62g. (10h). Obv: Nude horseman seated sideways on horse prancing right, holding whip in right hand and reins in left. Dotted border. Rx: ΚΕΛΕΝ Goat kneeling right, head reverted. Below, olive spray. SNG Copenhagen 84. BM 24, pl. X, 2. EF.
Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.
The obverse type refers to a popular Greek contest: a horse race during which the rider had continously to jump off and on the horse. Such a rider was called a keletes, so the type might also be a canting badge of the city name.
Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.
The obverse type refers to a popular Greek contest: a horse race during which the rider had continously to jump off and on the horse. Such a rider was called a keletes, so the type might also be a canting badge of the city name.