Details
LOT 3204
Cilicia, Kelenderis AE 22mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche to right; c/m: crested helmet to right, K-O flanking; all within circular incuse / ΚΕΛΕΝΔΕΡΙΤΩΝ, Apollo standing to left, holding branch tied with fillets, leaning on column upon which sits a tripod; ΜΩ(?) vertical to right. SNG BnF -; cf. SNG Levante Supp. 130. Near Very Fine. Very rare and unusual type for Kelenderis.(5.70gr, 22mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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