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Stater of Kelenderis with youth riding horse

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Stater of Kelenderis with youth riding horse

Greek

Classical Period

450–400 B.C.

Mint: Cilicia, Kelenderis

Medium/Technique Silver

Dimensions Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 10.59 gm.

Credit Line Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund

Accession Number09.284

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome

ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2113.

DescriptionObverse: Nude horseman seated sideways on horse galloping right, about to leap off. He holds a whip in his right hand and reins in his left.
Reverse: Goat to right sinking down upon right knee, his head to left.
Inscription above.

ProvenanceBy 1906: with Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, July 12, 1909