Horse right, goat left Horse right, goat right
Horse right, goat left
3.1a
3.1b
3.1c
3.1d
3.1e
3.1f
| Type 3.1 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider, holding reins in left hand and whip in right, dismounting from horse rearing to right on solid or dotted exergual line; dotted border. | |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to left, head turned back to right; all within circular incuse. | |
| Variants: | a. | obv.: on some coins, solid exergual line; rev.: above goat, KEΛ |
| b. | obv.: dotted exergual line; rev.: above goat, KEΛ; in left field, Π (placed horizontally) |
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| c. | rev.: above goat, KEΛ; in left field, Π (placed vertically) | |
| d. | obv.: dotted exergual line; rev.: above goat, KEΛE and ivy leaf; in left field, Π (placed vertically) |
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| e. | rev.: above goat, KEΛE and ivy leaf; in left field, Π (placed vertically); in exergue, K | |
| f. | rev.: above goat, KEΛEN | |
| References: | a. | BMC 21, p. 55, 25 = The British Museum (London), museum number 1897,0305.67; Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd, Auction 126 (23 March 2021), Lot 2702 (acsearch.info URL) |
| b. | BMC 21, p. 55, 26 = The British Museum (London), museum number 1897,0104.365 | |
| c. | Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 485 (10 February 2021), Lot 161 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| d. | Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XXVI (10 January 2023), Lot 300 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| e. | Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 123 (23 May 2023), Lot 170 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| f. | SNG France 2, 75; several specimens on the market, e.g. Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XXVI (10 January 2023), Lot 301 (acsearch.info URL); Hess Divo AG, Auction 332 (31 May 2017), Lot 56 (acsearch.info URL); Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 289 (2 May 2013), Lot 289 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| Die links: | (1) | The variants 3.1d–e share the same obverse and reverse dies except for the letter K which was added to the exergue of the variant 3.1e. |
| (2) | Variants 3.1d–e — Type 3.8a–b (obverse). | |
| Credit (see the references above): | ||
| a. | Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd | |
| b. | The British Museum | |
| c. | Classical Numismatic Group | |
| d. | Classical Numismatic Group | |
| e. | Classical Numismatic Group | |
| f. | Classical Numismatic Group | |
3.2a
3.2b
3.2c
| Type 3.2 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider, holding reins in left hand and whip in right, dismounting from horse rearing to right on solid exergual line; dotted border. | |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to left, head turned back to right; in various positions, KEΛE / N; all within circular incuse. | |
| Variants: | a. | rev.: above goat and next to his rump, KEΛE / N |
| b. | rev.: above goat and next to his rump, KEΛE / N; in exergue, T | |
| c. | rev.: above goat and between his hind legs, KEΛE / N; in exergue, T | |
| References: | a. | Several specimens on the market, e.g. Stack’s Bowers Galleries, February 2023 Collector’s Choice (World) Online Auction (27 February 2023), Lot 71050 (acsearch.info URL); Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 28 (9–14 December 2023), Lot 1509 (acsearch.info URL) |
| b. | Several specimens on the market, e.g. Heritage Auctions, Inc., Auction 61309 (12 February 2023), Lot 21036 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| c. | Several specimens on the market, e.g. Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 312 (8 October 2018), Lot 2507 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| Die links: | Most specimens of all three variants share the same obverse die. However, this is not a rule, see the second cited specimen of variant 3.2a (Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 28). | |
| Credit (see the references above): | ||
| a. | Stack’s Bowers Galleries | |
| b. | Heritage Auctions, Inc. | |
| c. | Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG | |
3.3
| Type 3.3 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider, holding reins in left hand and whip in right, dismounting from horse rearing to right on solid exergual line; dotted border. |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to left on dotted exergual line, head turned back to right; to left of goat and above and behind it, KE–ΛE–N; above goat’s head, Δ in circle |
| References: | Imhoof-Blumer 1902, p. 453, 1 |
3.4a
3.4b
| Type 3.4 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider, holding reins in left hand and whip in right, dismounting from horse rearing to right; dotted border. | |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to left, head turned back to right; above goat, KE. | |
| Variants: | a. | rev.: goat kneeling on dotted exergual line |
| b. | rev.: goat kneeling on solid exergual line | |
| References: | a. | Leipziger Münzhandlung und Auktion Heidrun Höhn e. K., Auction 92 (30 October 2019), Lot 1111 (acsearch.info URL); Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 382 (7 September 2016), Lot 118 (acsearch.info URL) |
| b. | Nomos AG, Obolos Web Auction 13 (2 July 2019), Lot 395 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| Credit (see the references above): | ||
| a. | Leipziger Münzhandlung und Auktion Heidrun Höhn e. K. | |
| b. | Nomos AG | |
| Remark: | This type appears to be similar to 3.1, but the slender goat on the reverse corresponds more to Types 3.5 and 3.6. The most interesting, however, is the abbreviated city ethnic KE, which does not appear on any other type of staters or on third staters. | |
3.5a
3.5b
3.5c
3.5d
| Type 3.5 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider, holding reins in left hand and whip in right, dismounting from horse rearing to right; dotted border. | |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to left on dotted exergual line, head turned back to right; above goat, KEΛ; dotted border. | |
| Variants: | a. | no additional symbol |
| b. | obv.: dotted exergual line; rev.: below goat, O |
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| c. | obv.: horse decorated with ornamental collar; rev.: below goat, O; in exergue, E |
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| d. | obv.: horse decorated with ornamental collar; rev.: below goat, O; in exergue, ΗΛ monogram |
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| References: | a. | Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger, E-Auction 3 (9 July 2016), Lot 69 (acsearch.info URL) |
| b. | Several specimens on the market, e.g. Leu Numismatik, Auction 6 (23 October 2020), Lot 242 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| c. | Several specimens on the market, e.g. Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger, Auction 428 (28 April 2021), Lot 335 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| d. | Several specimens on the market, e.g. Gemini, LLC, Auction II (11 January 2006), Lot 126 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| Die links: | The variants 3.5b–d were struck from the same reverse die with only the control mark in the exergue added and changed. | |
| Credit (see the references above): | ||
| a. | Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger | |
| b. | Leu Numismatik | |
| c. | Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger | |
| d. | Gemini, LLC | |
3.6a
3.6b
| Type 3.6 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider sitting astride a horse, holding reins in left hand and whip in right, slightly turned to the right and leaning on horse’s rump with right hand, as he is about to dismount his horse rearing to right; above horse, Sun; dotted border. | |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to left on exergual line, head turned back to right; dotted border. | |
| Variants: | a. | rev.: above goat, KEΛE (the second letter E added to the die additionally); solid exergual line; controls in right field and in exergue erased |
| b. | rev.: above goat, KEΛEN; dotted exergual line; in exergue, A | |
| References: | a. | Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 264 (21 September 2011), Lot 71 (acsearch.info URL) |
| b. | SNG France 2, 76 | |
| Die links: | Type 3.17 (obverse) | |
| Credit (see the references above): | ||
| a. | Classical Numismatic Group | |
| b. | The Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Gallica, Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b8532321z | |
| Remark: | On this coin type, the rider is not depicted with both legs on one side of the horse, but still sitting astride the horse and apparently about to dismount. | |
Horse right, goat right
3.7a
3.7b
3.7c
3.7d, vertical letter N
3.7d, horizontal letter N
3.7e
3.7f
| Type 3.7 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider, holding reins in left hand and whip in right, dismounting from horse rearing to right on solid or dotted exergual line; dotted border. | |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to right on solid or dotted exergual line, head turned back to left; all within circular incuse. | |
| Variants: | a. | rev.: above goat, KEΛ |
| b. | rev.: above goat, blundered ethnic KENΛ (the letter N retrograde) | |
| c. | rev.: above goat, KEΛEN | |
| d. | rev.: above goat, KEΛE–N (letter N placed vertically or horizontally) | |
| e. | rev.: above goat and on the right, KEΛ–EN | |
| f. | rev.: above goat and on the right, KE–ΛEN | |
| References: | a. | Kraay 1962, Series IV, 23 = SNG von Aulock, 5630; SNG Fitzwilliam 4.7, 5238; SNG France 2, 67; SNG Delep., 2834; several specimens on the market, e.g. Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 257 (15 October 2018), Lot 505 (acsearch.info URL) |
| b. | The British Museum (London), museum number 1922,0425.69 = Forrer/Weber 3, 7514 | |
| c. | SNG Fitzwilliam 4.7, 5239; SNG France 2, 69 and 70; BMC 21, p. 54, 20 = The British Museum (London), museum number 1899,0103.16; several specimens on the market, e.g. Numismatik Naumann, Auction 71 (4 November 2018), Lot 241 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| d. | vertical letter N: Kraay 1962, Series IV, 24; SNG Berry 2, 1263; several specimens on the market, e.g. Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 539 (31 May 2023), Lot 231 (acsearch.info URL); horizontal letter N: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California, USA (provenance: donated to The J. Paul Getty Museum in 1980 by Lily Tomlin, Santa Monica, California, USA), Object Number 80.NH.152.81 (Getty’s Collection Online URL) |
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| e. | several specimens on the market, e.g. Roma Numismatics Limited, E-Sale 52 (10 January 2019), Lot 326 (acsearch.info URL); Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 531 (25 January 2023), Lot 262 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| f. | BMC 21, p. 55, 23 = The British Museum (London), museum number RPK,p114B.3.Cel | |
| Die links: | Variant 3.7c — Type 3.11 (obverse) | |
| Credit (see the references above): | ||
| a. | Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung | |
| b. | The British Museum | |
| c. | Numismatik Naumann | |
| d. | Classical Numismatic Group and The J. Paul Getty Museum | |
| e. | Roma Numismatics Limited | |
| f. | The British Museum | |
3.8a
3.8b
3.8c
3.8d
3.8e
3.8f
3.8g
3.8h
3.8i
3.8j
3.8k
| Type 3.8 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider, holding reins in left hand and whip in right, dismounting from horse rearing to right; dotted border. | |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to right on dotted or solid exergual line, head turned back to left; all within circular incuse. | |
| Variants: | a. | rev.: above goat, KEΛE; below ethnic, Σ; in exergue, K (?) |
| b. | rev.: above goat and on the right, KEΛE–N; below ethnic, control mark (monogram KA, where the letter A is placed horizontally) | |
| c. | obv.: dotted exergual line; rev.: above goat, KEΛEN; in exergue, Δ |
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| d. | obv.: dotted exergual line; rev.: above goat, KEΛ–EN (?); in exergue, Δ (?) |
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| e. | obv.: dotted exergual line; rev.: above goat, KEΛEN; in exergue, ΔI mongogram |
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| f. | obv.: dotted exergual line; rev.: above goat, KEΛEN; in exergue, T |
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| g. | obv.: dotted exergual line; rev.: above goat, KEΛEN curving along edge; below goat, T |
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| h. | obv.: dotted exergual line; rev.: above goat and on the right, KEΛE–N (the letter placed N horizontally); in exergue, T |
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| i. | rev.: above goat, KEΛEN; in exergue, TΛ | |
| j. | rev.: above goat, KEΛEN; in right field, ΙΔ monogram in circle | |
| k. | rev.: above goat, KEΛEN reversed and retrograde; in right field, ΙΔ monogram in circle; in exergue, T | |
| References: | a. | Several specimens on the market, e.g. Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 245 (7 March 2017), Lot 1341 (acsearch.info URL); Coll. P. Veselý, KEL-AR-04 |
| b. | SNG France 2, 73; several specimens on the market, e.g. Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 22 (7 October 2021), Lot 371 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| c. | SNG France 2, 68; Numismatik Naumann, Auction 92 (2 August 2020), Lot 328 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| d. | Forrer/Weber 3, 7515 | |
| e. | Imhoof-Blumer 1902, p. 454, 2a; several specimens on the market, e.g. Münz Zentrum Rheinland, Auction 195 (16 March 2022), Lot 119 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| f. | BMC 21, p. 55, 21 = The British Museum (London), museum number TC,p186.3.Cel | |
| g. | Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 4 (30 September 2012), Lot 400 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| h. | Several specimens on the market, e.g. Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 273 (19 November 2020), Lot 236 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| i. | SNG France 2, 71; SNG Levante Supp., 10; several specimens on the market, e.g. Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 563 (5 June 2024), Lot 251 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| j. | Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 185 (8 March 2010), Lot 170 (acsearch.info URL); Emporium Hamburg, Auction 67 (10 May 2012), Lot 141 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| k. | Numismatik Naumann, Auction 133 (1 October 2023), Lot 303 (biddr.com URL); Shanna Schmidt Numismatics Inc, Fixed Price List (accessed 2 October 2023) | |
| Die links: | (1) | Variants 3.8a–b — Type 3.1d–e (obverse). |
| (2) | Variants 3.8j–k (obverse). | |
| Credit (see the references above): | ||
| a. | Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung | |
| b. | Roma Numismatics Limited | |
| c. | Numismatik Naumann | |
| e. | Münz Zentrum Rheinland | |
| f. | The British Museum | |
| g. | Roma Numismatics Limited | |
| h. | Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung | |
| i. | Classical Numismatic Group | |
| j. | Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung | |
| k. | Numismatik Naumann | |
| Remarks: | (1) | The inclusion of variant 3.8d in this type is uncertain. The legend is read as KE–ΛE/N–ΔE (ΛE in ligature, the last letter E retrograde) in Forrer/Weber 3, but this seems unlikely. |
| (2) | On some coins, the horse has a prominent plume on its head, see e.g. the illustrated specimen of variant 3.8i. On coins of variants 3.8h, j and k, the horse’s mane is combed upwards on its head (Casabonne 2004, p. 117, describes this as “le toupet coiffé en houppe”). | |
3.9a
3.9b
3.9c
3.9d
3.9e
3.9f
| Type 3.9 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider, holding reins in left hand and whip in right (whip thong forms a loop), dismounting from horse rearing to right; dotted border. | |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to right, head turned back to left; all within circular incuse. | |
| Variants: | a. | rev.: above goat, KEΛE; dotted exergual line |
| b. | rev.: above goat, KEΛE–N; dotted exergual line | |
| c. | rev.: above goat, KEΛE–N; in exergue, M; solid exergual line | |
| d. | rev.: above goat, KEΛE–N and ivy branch | |
| e. | rev.: above goat, KEΛEN; dotted exergual line | |
| f. | rev.: above goat, KEΛEN and ΘA monogram (A within Θ); dotted exergual line | |
| References: | a. | Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 29 (24 February 2024), Lot 883 (acsearch.info URL) |
| b. | Coll. P. Veselý, KEL-AR-10; Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 22 (7 October 2021), Lot 374 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| c. | Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XXV (11 January 2022), Lot 6122 (acsearch.info URL); Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 123 (23 May 2023), Lot 171 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| d. | SNG Levante, 24; The British Museum (London), museum number 1988,0911.3; several specimens on the market, e.g. Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XXVI (10 January 2023), Lot 302 (acsearch.info URL); Münzen & Medaillen GmbH, Auction 15 (21 October 2004), Lot 958 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| e. | Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 531 (25 January 2023), Lot 258 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| f. | Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction XXIII (24 March 2022), Lot 325 (acsearch.info URL); Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 19 (26 February 2022), Lot 1492 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| Die links: | (1) | All specimens struck from the same obverse die. |
| (2) | Variant 3.9f — Type 3.12b (reverse) | |
| Credit (see the references above): | ||
| a. | Leu Numismatik | |
| b. | Coll. P. Veselý | |
| c. | Classical Numismatic Group | |
| d. | Classical Numismatic Group | |
| e. | Classical Numismatic Group | |
| f. | Roma Numismatics Limited | |
3.10
| Type 3.10 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider, holding reins in left hand and whip in right, dismounting from horse rearing to right on dotted exergual line; dotted border. |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to right on dotted exergual line, head turned back to left; above goat, KEΛEN; in exergue, dolphin right; all within circular incuse. |
| References: | Kraay 1962, Series IV, 25; SNG Levante, 23 = SNG von Aulock, 5631; several specimens on the market, e.g. Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 118 (13 September 2021), Lot 318 (acsearch.info URL) |
| Credit: | Classical Numismatic Group (see the reference above) |
3.11
| Type 3.11 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider, holding reins in left hand and whip in right, dismounting from horse rearing to right on solid exergual line; dotted border. |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to right on solid exergual line, head turned back to left; above goat, KEΛEN; below goat, olive sprig; all within circular incuse. |
| References: | BMC 21, p. 55, 24 = The British Museum (London), museum number 1863,0706.20; Forrer/Weber 3, 7512; several specimens on the market, e.g. Hess Divo AG, Auction 335 (6 December 2018), Lot 51 (acsearch.info URL) |
| Die links: | Type 3.7c (obverse) |
| Credit: | Hess Divo AG (see the reference above) |
3.12a
3.12b
| Type 3.12 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider, holding reins in left hand and whip in right, dismounting from horse rearing to right; below horse, T; dotted border. | |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to right on dotted (rarely solid) exergual line, head turned back to left; above goat, KEΛEN. | |
| Variants: | a. | rev.: no control mark |
| b. | rev.: above goat, OA monogram (A within O, dot within A) | |
| References: | a. | Comparette 1921, 302 (solid exergual line); several specimens on the market, e.g. Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XXVI (10 January 2023), Lot 306 (acsearch.info URL); Heritage Auctions, Inc., Auction 3101 (25 August 2022), Lot 35134 (acsearch.info URL) |
| b. | BMC 21, p. 55, 22 = The British Museum (London), museum number EH,p615.3.Cel; several specimens on the market, e.g. Classical Numismatic Group, Triton X (9 January 2007), Lot 375 (acsearch.info URL); Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XXVI (10 January 2023), Lot 305 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| Die links: | (1) | Variant 3.12b — Type 3.9f (reverse) |
| (2) | The example of variant 3.12a shown above (Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XXVI) is obverse die-linked with the coin in Comparette 1921. However, the reverse of Comparette’s coin has a solid exergual line and the city ethnic is curved along the edge. | |
| (3) | The examples of variants 3.12a–b shown above are obverse and reverse die-linked, but the variant 3.12b has the added monogram on the reverse. In addition to the monogram, the reverses of these two coins differ in various small details indicating the modification of the reverse die. The monogram may have been added to the reverse die later, or it may have been erased from it. | |
| Credit (see the references above): | ||
| a. | Classical Numismatic Group | |
| b. | Classical Numismatic Group (Triton X) | |
3.13a
3.13b
3.13c
3.13d
| Type 3.13 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider, holding reins in left hand and whip in right, dismounting from horse rearing to right on dotted exergual line; dotted border. | |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to right, head turned back to left; all within square incuse. | |
| Variants: | a. | rev.: around goat (top, right, bottom and left), KEΛE–NΔ–EPITIKO–N (= KEΛENΔEPITIKON reading clockwise, the penultimate part written retrograde); dotted exergual line |
| b. | rev.: around goat (top, right, bottom and left), KEΛEN–ΔE–PITIKO–N (= KEΛENΔEPITIKON reading clockwise, the penultimate part written retrograde); dotted exergual line | |
| c. | rev.: above and below goat, KEΛEN–ΔEPITIKON (the second part written upside down) | |
| d. | rev.: above goat, KEΛEN; dotted exergual line | |
| References: | a. | SNG France 2, 77; The British Museum (London), museum number 1906,0402.10; Weber 1896, p. 26, no. 51 = Forrer/Weber 3, 7516 = Imhoof-Blumer 1902, p. 453, 2.1; The National Museum (Prague, Czech Republic), museum number H5-251.889; several specimens on the market, e.g. Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 2 (2 October 2011), Lot 324 (acsearch.info URL) |
| b. | Imhoof-Blumer 1902, p. 453, 2.2 | |
| c. | Cayón Subastas, Subasta extraordinaria Noviembre 2013 (30 November 2013), Lot 357 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| d. | Several specimens on the market, e.g. Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger, Auction 376 (29 October 2003), Lot 484 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| Credit (see the references above): | ||
| a. | Roma Numismatics Limited | |
| c. | Cayón Subastas | |
| d. | Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger | |
| Remarks: | (1) | The first specimen of variant 3.13a was probably published by Weber 1896 (p. 26, no. 51). However, Weber did not read the inscription clockwise and he read the letter N behind the goat as IN, and therefore interpreted the text OKITIPE in the exergue as the name of an unknown tyrant or magistrate, which made him slightly doubt the authenticity of the coin. Based on next specimens, Imhoof-Blumer 1902 (pp. 453–4) dispelled doubts about the authenticity and correctly identified the entire inscription as a partly retrograde form of the city ethnic. |
| (2) | Variant 3.13d was included in this type on the basis of incuse square on the reverse. | |
3.14a
3.14b
| Type 3.14 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider, holding reins in left hand and whip in right, dismounting from horse rearing to right on dotted exergual line; dotted border. | |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to right on dotted or solid exergual line, head turned back to left; dotted border. | |
| Variants: | a. | rev.: above goat, KEΛEN |
| b. | rev.: above goat and on the right, KEΛE–N | |
| References: | a. | SNG Levante, 26 = SNG von Aulock, 5638; The British Museum (London), museum number 1988,0911.4; several specimens on the market, e.g. Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XX (10 January 2017), Lot 323 (acsearch.info URL) |
| b. | SNG von Aulock, 5637; several specimens on the market, e.g. Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 273 (19 November 2020), Lot 235 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| Die links: | The illustrated specimens are struck from the same obverse die. | |
| Credit (see the references above): | ||
| a. | Classical Numismatic Group | |
| b. | Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung | |
3.15a
3.15b
3.15c
3.15d
3.15e
| Type 3.15 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider, holding reins in left hand and whip in right, dismounting from horse rearing to right on dotted exergual line; below horse, control mark; dotted border. | |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to right on solid exergual line, head turned back to left; above goat, KEΛEN. | |
| Variants: | a. | obv.: Φ; rev.: below goat, O |
| b. | obv.: MYT (or HY) monogram; rev.: below goat, ΩM monogram |
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| c. | obv.: MYT (or HY) monogram; rev.: below goat, ΩM monogram (half-erased from the die), and another monogram in exergue |
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| d. | obv.: erased MYT (or HY) monogram; rev.: below goat, O; in exergue, kerykeion to left; dotted border |
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| e. | obv.: MYT (or HY) monogram; rev.: above goat, 𐤆Σ (?) monogram; city ethnic KEΛEN missing or erased or out of flan (?) |
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| References: | a. | Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 9 (22 March 2015), Lot 394 (acsearch.info URL) |
| b. | SNG France 2, 72 | |
| c. | The New York Sale, Auction 27 (4 January 2012), Lot 582 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| d. | SNG Berry 2, 1264 | |
| e. | The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California, USA (provenance: donated to The J. Paul Getty Museum in 1980 by Lily Tomlin, Santa Monica, California, USA), Object Number 80.NH.152.82 (Getty’s Collection Online URL) | |
| Credit (see the references above): | ||
| a. | Roma Numismatics Limited | |
| b. | The Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Gallica, Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b8532319w | |
| c. | The New York Sale | |
| e. | The J. Paul Getty Museum | |
| Remark: | The cited specimens of variants b–e share the same obverse die. | |
3.16a
3.16b
3.16c
| Type 3.16 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider, holding reins in left hand and whip in right, dismounting from horse rearing to right on dotted exergual line; dotted border. | |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to right on dotted exergual line, head turned back to left; dotted border. | |
| Variants: | a. | rev.: above goat, KEΛE (the second letter E retrograde) |
| b. | rev.: above goat, KEΛEN | |
| c. | rev.: above goat, KEΛEN; in exergue, OΛ monogram | |
| References: | a. | CGB Numismatics Paris, Internet Auction January 2023 (24 January 2023), Lot 796135 (acsearch.info URL) |
| b. | Astarte, Web Auction 5 (12 May 2024), Lot 101 (biddr.com URL) | |
| c. | SNG von Aulock, 5639; BMC 21, p. 56, 34; BMC 21, p. 56, 35 = The British Museum (London), museum number 1841,B.3258; Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XVI (8 January 2013), Lot 522 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| Credit (see the references above): | ||
| a. | CGB Numismatics Paris | |
| b. | Astarte | |
| c. | Classical Numismatic Group | |
| Remark: | The cited specimens of variants b and c share the same obverse die. | |
3.17a
3.17b
3.17c
3.17d
3.17e
| Type 3.17 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider sitting astride a horse, holding reins in left hand and whip in right, slightly turned to the right and leaning on horse’s rump with right hand, as he is about to dismount his horse rearing to right; above horse, Sun; dotted border. | |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to right on dotted exergual line, head turned back to left; dotted border. | |
| Variants: | a. | obv.: below horse, EP; rev.: above goat, KEΛE; in right field, facing head of lion |
| b. | obv.: below horse, EP; rev.: above goat, KEΛE; in right field, facing head of lion; in exergue, Θ |
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| c. | obv.: below horse, EP; rev.: above goat, KEΛEN; in right field, facing head of lion; in exergue, HYΘ monogram |
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| d. | rev.: above goat, KEΛEN; below goat, EΞH monogram | |
| e. | rev.: above goat, KEΛEN; in exergue, Σ; in right field, facing head of lion (?) | |
| References: | a. | Münzen & Medaillen GmbH, Auction 49 (20 November 2020), Lot 224 (acsearch.info URL) |
| b. | Nomos AG, Obolos Web Auction 5 (26 June 2016), Lot 402 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| c. | SNG von Aulock, 5640 | |
| d. | Numismatik Naumann, Auction 76 (7 April 2019), Lot 174 (acsearch.info URL) | |
| e. | SNG von Aulock, 5641 = The British Museum (London), museum number 1979,0101.968 | |
| Die links: | Type 3.6 (obverse) | |
| Credit (see the references above): | ||
| a. | Münzen & Medaillen GmbH | |
| b. | Nomos AG | |
| d. | Numismatik Naumann | |
| e. | The British Museum | |
| Remark: | On this coin type, the rider is not depicted with both legs on one side of the horse, but still sitting astride the horse and apparently about to dismount. | |
16 July 2021 – 4 July 2024