Nomos AG > obolos 30Auction date: 17 December 2023
Lot number: 415

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


CILICIA. Kelenderis. Circa 425-400 BC. Hemiobol (Silver, 7 mm, 0.28 g, 2 h). Horse prancing to right. Rev. ΚΕ Goat kneeling right, head turned to look back. Cf. Göktürk 9 (obol). C. SNG BN 116-7 (obol, goat left). Cf. SNG Levante 29 (obol, goat left). Toned. Somewhat rough surfaces, otherwise, very fine.
Ex Obolos 20, 3 October 2021, 822.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 1:
Nomos AG > obolos 30Auction date: 17 December 2023
Lot number: 416

Price realized: 220 CHF   (Approx. 254 USD / 231 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


CILICIA. Kelenderis. Circa 425-400 BC. Hemiobol (Silver, 7 mm, 0.42 g, 2 h). Forepart of Pegasos left. Rev. Forepart of a goat to left, head turned to look back. Casabonne type 1. SNG BN -. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 79 (obol). SNG Levante -. Toned. Rare denomination. Very fine.
Ex Obolos 20, 3 October 2021, 823.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 2:
Nomos AG > obolos 31Auction date: 21 April 2024
Lot number: 304

Price realized: 420 CHF   (Approx. 460 USD / 432 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


CILICIA. Kelenderis. Circa 425-400 BC. Stater (Silver, 23 mm, 9.51 g, 10 h). Youth, holding whip and reins, dismounting from horse rearing right; to upper left, sun with ten rays; below horse, EP. Rev. ΚΕΛΕ Mountain goat kneeling to right, head turned back to left; to right, facing head of lion. Cf. BMC 34-35. Cf. von Aulock 5640 (same obverse). Nomos 9, 21 October 2014, 174. Apparently unpublished in the standard references. Rare and stylistically very attractive. Rough surfaces, otherwise, very fine.

From a Swiss collection, ex Naumann 74, 3 February 2019, 165.

Starting price: 200 CHF

Match 3:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 883

Price realized: 220 CHF   (Approx. 250 USD / 231 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


CILICIA. Kelenderis. Circa 410-375 BC. Stater (Silver, 23 mm, 10.70 g, 2 h). Youthful nude rider seated sideways on horse prancing to right, preparing to jump off and run alongside the horse. Rev. KEΛE Goat kneeling right, its head turned back to left. Casabonne Type 4. SNG Levante -. SNG Paris 69 var. (KEΛEN). Struck from worn dies and with a test cut on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.

Starting price: 100 CHF

Match 4:
Nomos AG > Auction 32Auction date: 8 June 2024
Lot number: 84

Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot
Lot description:


The Anthony Milavic Collection of Ancient Games Coins

Equestrian Events

Kalpé and Anabates

CILICIA. Kelenderis. Circa 420-410 BC. Stater (Silver, 19 mm, 10.87 g, 9 h). Youthful nude rider holding the reins with his right hand and a goad in his left, seated sideways on horse prancing to left, preparing to jump off and run alongside the horse. Rev. ΚΕΛEN Goat kneeling right, its head turned back to left; in exergue, ivy leaf. Casabonne Type 2, Celenderis Series III, 20 (O11/R11). SNG Paris -. SNG Levante 21. SNG von Aulock 5628. Toned and well-centered. Good very fine.

From the collection of Major Anthony F. Milavic, USMC (Ret.), ex Giessener Münzhandlung 58, 5 October 1992, 443.

Starting price: 600 CHF

Match 5:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 1520

Price realized: 4,200 CHF   (Approx. 4,774 USD / 4,434 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


CILICIA. Tarsos. Circa 425-400 BC. Stater (Silver, 24 mm, 10.69 g, 11 h). Bellerophon (?), nude but for petasos, riding Pegasos flying to right, holding reins in his left hand and trident in his right; below, ankh-like symbol. Rev. Bellerophon (?), nude but for petasos, riding Pegasos flying to left, holding reins in his left hand and hurling trident with his right; below, ankh-like symbol; all within dotted border within incuse square. Müseler 9.3.1. Nomos 18 (2019), 203 (same dies). Roma XVI (2018), 331 (same dies). SNG Copenhagen -. SNG Levante -. SNG Paris -. SNG von Aulock -. Extremely rare, one of a very few known examples. Struck from a somewhat worn obverse die, otherwise, very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.

Starting price: 1000 CHF