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<p>[QUOTE="iamtiberius, post: 2184690, member: 37707"]Kelenderis, modern day Aydıncık, Turkey; a coastal town on the south bank of Cilicia, directly north of Cyprus. Refer to map:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]423516[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]423513[/ATTACH] </p><p>Stater 425-380 BC</p><p>Ephebus, unbearded, naked, holding whip, seated sideways on horse, galloping left / KEΛEN, goat kneeling left on dotted exergual line, head turned right. </p><p>20.44mm</p><p>10.91g</p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of dealers/references change the spelling on Kelenderis and Cilicia but don't keep conformity. You would think they would keep C's with C's and k's with k's, i.e. - Kelenderis, Kilikia and Celenderis, Cilicia. </p><p><br /></p><p>I've been on a bit of an Archaic kick lately. This is one of my favorite acquisitions to arrive in the last few months. I don't think I've seen another on cointalk; for reference its dimensions are nearly identical to Boeotian Staters. It's a chunky piece of metal. Post your goats?</p><p><br /></p><p>-Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="iamtiberius, post: 2184690, member: 37707"]Kelenderis, modern day Aydıncık, Turkey; a coastal town on the south bank of Cilicia, directly north of Cyprus. Refer to map: [ATTACH=full]423516[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]423513[/ATTACH] Stater 425-380 BC Ephebus, unbearded, naked, holding whip, seated sideways on horse, galloping left / KEΛEN, goat kneeling left on dotted exergual line, head turned right. 20.44mm 10.91g A lot of dealers/references change the spelling on Kelenderis and Cilicia but don't keep conformity. You would think they would keep C's with C's and k's with k's, i.e. - Kelenderis, Kilikia and Celenderis, Cilicia. I've been on a bit of an Archaic kick lately. This is one of my favorite acquisitions to arrive in the last few months. I don't think I've seen another on cointalk; for reference its dimensions are nearly identical to Boeotian Staters. It's a chunky piece of metal. Post your goats? -Mike[/QUOTE]
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