Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 1, Lot: 189

CILICIA. Celenderis. Ca. 405 BC or later. Silver stater 
(10.72 gm). Nude horseman riding sidesaddle on mount 
galloping right, holding whip in right hand and reins in 
left / KELE-N, he-goat kneeling right, head reverted, T 
in exergue. Cf. SNG Paris 71 and SNG Levante Suppl. 10 
(legend arranged differently, TL in exergue. Nearly EF.

Staters of Celenderis with the horseman facing right 
were represented in the Celenderis hoard of 1957, 
see Kraay, NC 1962, pp. 1-15. Kraay dated burial of the 
hoard after 410, and probably around 400. 
Neither this variety nor its obverse die was represented 
in the hoard, indicating a date of issue after the 
hoard's closure, probably in the early 4th century, somewhat 
later than ca. 425-400 proposed by Levante for the comparable 
pieces cited above. 
Estimated Value: $ 1,250 

Sold for $2,000 USD [ approx 1520 EUR, 1060 GBP )

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 
Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) and 
Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).