Prototypes overview
| Type | Kelenderis prototype | |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | reverse | |
| 1 | probably 2.6c | probably 2.6c |
| 2 | uncertain type of Group 2 | 3.13d |
| 3 | uncertain type of Group 2 or 3 | 3.7c or 3.13d |
| 4 | 3.2 | probably 3.1e or 3.2 |
| 5 | 3.7a | 3.7a (with modified ethnic) |
| 6 | 3.8c or 3.8e | 3.8c or 3.8e |
| 7 | probably 3.10 | 3.10 |
| 8 | 3.14a | 3.14a |
| 9 | probably 3.14 or 3.16 | 3.17a |
Specimens
Type 1
| Prototype: | obv.: probably 2.6c, rev.: probably 2.6c |
| Denomination: | Fourrée Stater |
Detail
| Weight: | 9.5 g (weight information is only available with an accuracy of a tenth of a gram) |
| Diameter: | 21 mm |
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider, holding reins in right hand and whip in left, dismounting from horse rearing to left on solid exergual line; dotted border. |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to left on dotted exergual line, head turned back to right; above goat, KE[Λ]; in exergue, Λ (probably removed by test cut); all within circular incuse. Test cuts. |
| Reference: | N&N London Ltd, Online Auction 35 (30 September 2023), Lot 260 (acsearch.info URL). |
| Credit: | N&N London Ltd (see the reference above) |
| Remark: | The prototype of was probably Type 2.6c. |
Type 2, Specimen 1
Type 2, Specimen 2
Type 2, Specimen 3
Type 2, Specimen 4
Type 2, Specimen 5
| Prototype: | obv.: uncertain type of Group 2, rev.: 3.13d |
| Denomination: | Fourrée Stater |
Detail
| Weight: | 1: | 7.33 g |
| 2: | 6.30 g | |
| 3: | unknown | |
| 4: | 6.29 g | |
| 5: | 6.13 g | |
| Diameter: | 1: | unknown |
| 2: | 14.5 mm (probably at the narrowest part) | |
| 3: | 22 mm | |
| 4: | c. 16–18 mm | |
| 5: | 15–20 mm | |
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider, holding reins in right hand and whip in left, dismounting from horse rearing to left; dotted border. | |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to right, head turned back to left; above goat, KEΛEN; all within square incuse. | |
| References: | 1: | Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 259 (20 October 2018), Lot 3350 (acsearch.info URL). |
| 2: | Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 370 (9 March 2016), Lot 178 (acsearch.info URL). | |
| 3: | Heritage Auctions, Inc., Auction 232447 (20 November 2024), Lot 63084 (acsearch.info URL). | |
| 4: | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation, Object Number 1988.456.15. | |
| 5: | Aristos Ancients – eBay seller (location: USA, eBay name: xago, eBay member since: 13 May 2000), eBay auction accessed 30 November 2024. | |
| Another specimens are listed in Kraay 1962, Series IV, 26 (weights 4.87, 5.13, 5.75, 5.82, 6.78, 6.94, 7.24, 7.43, 7.81, 7.85 and 7.92 g). | ||
| Credit (see the references above): | ||
| 1: | Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung | |
| 2: | Classical Numismatic Group | |
| 3: | Heritage Auctions, Inc. | |
| 4: | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Coin Room Discretionary Fund, Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College (see the reference above) | |
| 5: | Aristos Ancients | |
| Remark: | All specimens illustrated and the specimen illustrated in Kraay 1962 (Series IV, 26, Plate II.7) are from the same obverse and reverse dies. The combination of obverse oriented to the left and reverse oriented to the right is characteristic of Type 2.12. However, the reverse of this type is characterized by the double dotted and solid exergual line, and by the circular incuse. The reverse of these fourrées, however, has a simple dotted exergual line and a square incuse, which corresponds to Type 3.13d. | |
Type 3
Specimen 3, obverse (left image) and obverse vertically rotated (right image)
| Prototype: | obv.: uncertain type of Group 2 or 3, rev.: 3.7c or 3.13d |
| Denomination: | Fourrée Stater |
Detail
| Weight: | 5.41 g |
| Diameter: | c. 16–20 mm |
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider dismounting from horse. |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to right, head turned back to left; above goat, [KE]ΛEN; dotted exergual line; all within incuse. |
| Reference: | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation, Object Number 1988.456.21. |
| Credit: | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Coin Room Discretionary Fund, Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College (see the reference above) |
| Remark: |
This specimen is difficult to identify, which is especially true for the obverse. In the image above, the probable legs of the dismounting rider and the front legs of the horse are outlined in blue. However, these front legs of the horse are oddly non-anatomically terminated, so it cannot even be ruled out that they are in fact the legs of the dismounting rider with feet. In any case, this corresponds to the orientation of the obverse to the right. However, if we turn the obverse by 180 degrees, the horse’s rump, hind legs and tail can be seen on the right part of the obverse (see the blue oval above). This would correspond to the orientation of the obverse to the left. The identification of the reverse is also problematic. Its left and lower parts suggest a square incuse, which would correspond to Type 3.13d. However, the upper part of the reverse does not correspond to this and is more reminiscent of Type 3.7c. |
Type 4
| Prototype: | obv.: 3.2, rev.: probably 3.1e or 3.2 |
| Denomination: | Fourrée Stater |
Detail
| Weight: | 9.52 g |
| Diameter: | 22 mm |
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider, holding reins in left hand and whip in right, dismounting from horse rearing to right on dotted exergual line; dotted border. |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to left on dotted exergual line, head turned back to right; above goat, KEΛE; all within shallow circular incuse. |
| Reference: | Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Online Auction 274 (20 November 2020), Lot 2082 (acsearch.info URL). |
| Credit: | Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung (see the reference above) |
| Remark: | The prototype of the obverse was probably Type 3.2, while the prototype of the reverse was possibly Type 3.1e (without the ivy leaf and without the letter K in exergue) or 3.2 (without the letter N and without the letter T in exergue). |
Type 5, Specimen 1
Type 5, Specimen 2
| Prototype: | obv.: 3.7a, rev.: 3.7a (with modified ethnic) |
| Denomination: | Fourrée Stater |
Detail
| Weight: | 1: | unknown |
| 2: | 8.65 g | |
| Diameter: | 1: | 22 mm |
| 2: | unknown | |
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider, holding reins in left hand and whip in right, dismounting from horse rearing to right; dotted border. | |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to right on dotted exergual line, head turned back to left; above goat, KET (retrograde); all within shallow circular incuse. | |
| References: | 1 | Heritage Auctions, Inc., Weekly Auction 232311 (16–17 March 2023), Lot 63063 (biddr.com URL). |
| 2 | Stack’s, The Saint Ludovico and Firth of Clyde Collections (22 April 2009), Lot 1150 (acsearch.info URL). Ex Stack’s, The Golden Horn Collection (12 January 2009), Lot 2190 (acsearch.info URL). Ex Stack’s, Stack & Kroisos Collections (14 January 2008), Lot 2252 (acsearch.info URL). Ex Hess Divo AG, Auction 307 (7 June 2007), Lot 1288 (acsearch.info URL). |
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| Credit (see the references above): | ||
| 1 | Heritage Auctions, Inc. | |
| 2 | Stack’s | |
| Remark: | The prototype was probably Type 3.7a. The style of the obverse is unskillful, while the reverse is quite well rendered except for the strangely garbled retrograte city ethnic (KET instead of the usual abbreviated form KEΛ). | |
Type 6
| Prototype: | obv.: 3.8c or 3.8e, rev.: 3.8c or 3.8e |
| Denomination: | Fourrée Stater |
Detail
| Weight: | 9.84 g |
| Diameter: | 20 mm |
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider, holding reins in left hand and whip in right, dismounting from horse rearing to right; dotted border. |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to right on dotted exergual line, head turned back to left; above goat, KEΛEN; all within shallow circular incuse. |
| Reference: | Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 330 (9 July 2014), Lot 105 (acsearch.info URL). |
| Credit: | Classical Numismatic Group (see the reference above) |
| Remark: | The prototype was probably Type 3.8c or 3.8e. |
Type 7
| Prototype: | obv.: probably 3.10, rev.: 3.10 |
| Denomination: | Fourrée Stater |
Detail
| Weight: | 9.9 g (weight information is only available with an accuracy of a tenth of a gram) |
| Diameter: | 20 mm |
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider, holding reins in left hand and whip in right, dismounting from horse rearing to right. |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to right on dotted exergual line, head turned back to left; above goat, [KEΛE]N; in exergue, dolphin right; all within circular incuse. |
| Reference: | N&N London Ltd, Online Auction 47 (18 May 2024), Lot 56 (acsearch.info URL). |
| Credit: | N&N London Ltd (see the reference above) |
| Remark: | The prototype for the reverse was Type 3.10 and it is likely that the same type also served as the prototype for the obverse. |
Type 8
| Prototype: | obv.: 3.14a, rev.: 3.14a |
| Denomination: | Fourrée Stater |
Detail
| Weight: | 9.42 g |
| Diameter: | 23 mm |
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider, holding reins in left hand and whip in right, dismounting from horse rearing to right on dotted exergual line; dotted border. |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to right on dotted or solid exergual line, head turned back to left; above goat, KEΛEN; dotted border. |
| Reference: | Aristos Ancients – eBay seller (location: USA, eBay name: xago, eBay member since: 13 May 2000), eBay auction accessed 30 November 2024. |
| Credit: | Aristos Ancients (see the reference above) |
| Remark: | According to the seller (personal communication), the bronze core is visible in the test cut, but it is not as apparent in the photos. |
Type 9
| Prototype: | obv.: probably 3.14 or 3.16, rev.: 3.17a |
| Denomination: | Fourrée Stater |
Detail
| Weight: | 7.17 g |
| Diameter: | 25 mm |
| Obverse: | Youthful nude rider, holding reins in left hand and whip in right, dismounting from horse rearing to right on solid exergual line; solid border. |
| Reverse: | Male goat kneeling to right on dotted exergual line, head turned back to left; above goat, KEΛE; in right field, facing head of lion; dotted border. |
| Reference: | Zurqieh Co. LLC, Fixed Price List, SKU as28945 (offered via VCoins; accessed 6 August 2023). |
| Credit: | Zurqieh Co. LLC (see the reference above) |
| Remark: | The prototype of the obverse was probably Type 3.14 or 3.16, while the prototype of the reverse was Type 3.17a (on the obverse of Type 3.17 the rider is sitting astride, but on this coin he is already dismounting). |
6 August 2023 – 30 November 2024