Here is a new Greek Stater I acquired. This one presented itself during my usual new listings check up & I ended up buying it not too long after it was listed. I thought it was always a pretty cool and underrated type. Kelenderis, Cilicia, (440 - 400 B.C.) AR Stater O: Young man riding sideways on horse galloping left, nude, preparing to dismount, bridle in left hand on near side of horse, whip in left hand, A below before hind legs. R: Goat crouching left on solid exergue line, head turned looking back right, KEΛEN over ivy spray with leaf and berries, all in a shallow round incuse. Kelenderis (Aydincik, Turkey) mint 10.83g 20.1mm Celenderis Hoard 3 (O15/R15); SNG BnF 46; cf. BMC Cilicia p. 52, 10 (KEΛ); SNGvA 5617 (KEΛEN) Ex. Numismatik Naumann Auction 77 (5 May 2019), lot 304.
Nice looking goat, Mat. I've scooped up a few AE goats over the past year or so and they are becoming on of my favorite types. Here's my latest (the pale green stuff is hard, which is to say not BD, I think): Macedon, Thessalonica Æ19 (c. 187 - 31 B.C.) Thessalonica mint Head of young Dionysos right, wreathed in ivy / [Θ]EΣΣA-[ΛO NI]-KH-Σ above and beneath goat standing right, monograms above and right cf. BMC 10-18; SNG ANS 764-9 (8.08 grams / 19 mm)
Now I have goat fever (er, not to be confused with COVID-19, I hope). Two more, from Macedon: Goats kneeling (or "recumbent"): Macedonia Kingdom Æ 21 Tetrachalkon Philip V (c. 221-179 B.C.) Uncertain Macedonia mint Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin / Two goats recumbent r.; BA above, Φ below, crescent & grain ear lower right field. Mamroth b14c; SNG AB 1090. (8.45 grams / 20 x 21 mm) Amphipolis, Macedonia Æ19 under Philip V to Perseus (c. 187-168 B.C.) Diademed head of Artemis Tauropoulos (or Apollo) right / AMΦ-IΠO-ΛI-TΩ-N across fields, two goats standing on hind legs, fighting, monograms ΦΕ left and ΓA right. SNG ANS 114-117; SG 1394. (7.56 grams / 19 mm)
Hmmm it's an awfully large goat, noticeably bulkier than the horse. Are we sure? Edit: Ahhh after looking at other examples of this coin and extant bovine creatures of Turkey, I believe I have found the culprit; Capra aegagrus aka the wild goat:
My wife loves goats and I guess it has rubbed off. Aiolis, Aigai, AE10, Head of Goat, NO LEGEND AE10 Aiolis, Aigai Greece 2nd Century BC 10.0mm 1.00gr 0h O: NO LEGEND; Laureate head of Apollo, right. R: NO LEGEND; Head of goat, right. SNG Cop 4; BMC 6-8; Sear 4166. Mark Reid/The Time Machine Aiolis, Aigai, AE14, ΑΙΓΑΙΕΩΝ AE14 Aiolis, Aigai Greece 2nd - 1st Century BC 14.0mm 2.20gr 0h O: NO LEGEND; Head of Hermes, right, wearing petasos. R: ΑΙΓΑΙΕΩΝ; Forepart of goat, right. Exergue: Monogram: HVP ΠΑφ ? SNG Cop 14 Mark Reid/The Time Machine The reverse reminds me of this coin from Eritrea. Anonymous, Civic Issue, Eritrea, Euboia, AE17, ΕΥΒΟΙΕΩΝ AE17 Anonymous Civic Issue 194 - 180BC 17.0mm 4.50gr 1h O: NO LEGEND; Veiled head of Isis (?), right. R: ΕΥΒΟΙ-ΕΩΝ (second half of legend in exergue); Bull, butting head, right. Eretria, Euboia Mint BMC 8, p. 98, 40; Wallace pl. XV, 9; Sear 2477.
Those Aigai of nicholasz219's reminded me that I have a countermarked goat from that place (the countermark is faint - it is a lyre stamped over Apollo's ear): Aigai, Aeolis Æ 16 (2nd-1st Century B.C.) Laureate head of Apollo right / [AIΓEΩN], goat standing right. Sear 4168; BMC 17.96, 10-11; SNG von Aulock 1596 (3.74 grams / 16 mm) Countermark: Lyre in 5 x 4 mm oval, obverse. (No attribution for CM found.)
That is just a TOO-COOL Stater, @Mat ! Great coin! This is from @Bing , and I really like it. One of my favorites. THRACO-MAKEDON TRIBES- MYGDONES or KRESTONES 480-470 BCE AR Obol 0.79g 11mm Goat Quadripartite incuse square AMNG III 14 Ex: JW Collection
CILICIA, Kelenderis. Circa 410-375 BC. AR Stater (9.5 gm, 1h, 21mm). Obv: Nude youth, holding whip, dismounting from horse rearing r. Rev: KE, Goat kneeling l., head right. SNG Levante -; SNG Paris 75 var.
A teeny weeny Kelenderis: CILICIA, Kelenderis. Circa 425-400 BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.7 gm, 5h). Obv: Horse prancing right. Rev: Goat kneeling left, head reverted. KE above goat. SNG Levante 29; SNG France 116; SNG von Aulock 5643.