Introduction List of overstrikes Aspendos Kelenderis Nagidos
Introduction
This part of the catalogue maps overstrikes associated with the pre-Hellenistic coin production of Cilicia Trachea. It includes both coins that were overstruck by mints in Cilicia Trachea and coins from Cilicia Trachea overstruck by mints in other regions. The detailed description of each overstrike contains a link to the corresponding entry in the Greek Overstrikes Database (a project initiated and directed by François de Callataÿ) under the abbreviation GOD.
For an analysis of overstrikes on Pamphylian and Cilician silver coins, see Callataÿ 2017 and Callataÿ 2022.
List of overstrikes
| Overstrike | Undertype | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|
| Aspendos | Kelenderis | Aspendos/Kelenderis, Specimen 1, Aspendos/Kelenderis, Specimen 2 |
| Kelenderis | Aspendos | Kelenderis/Aspendos, Specimen 1 |
| Nagidos | Kelenderis (?) | Nagidos/Kelenderis, Specimen 1 |
| Nagidos | Salamis (?) | Nagidos/Salamis, Specimen 1 |
| Nagidos | Soloi | Nagidos/Soloi, Specimen 1 |
| Nagidos | uncertain | Nagidos/uncertain, Specimen 1 |
Aspendos
| Aspendos/Kelenderis, Specimen 1 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Weight: | 10.81 g |
| Diameter: | 20 mm |
| Obverse: | Helmeted nude hoplite warrior advancing right, shield in left hand, spear forward in right; between legs, ivy leaf. Undertype traces: goat kneeling to left on solid exergual line, head turned back to right (visible goat’s forepart and exergual line in the left part of the flan). |
| Reverse: | Triskeles; in upper right field, ΕΣ; all within incuse square. Undertype traces: horse rearing to left (visible horse’s front legs and dotted border in the left part of the flan; hind part of the horse in the right part of the flan). |
| This coin: | Heritage Auctions, Inc., Auction 231950 (12 December 2019), Lot 62076 (acsearch.info URL). |
| References: | SNG France 3, 10 var. (EƩT and pomegranate on reverse). |
| GOD: | Silver ID 21769 |
| Undertype: | Kelenderis, Group 2, uncertain type |
| Credit: | Heritage Auctions, Inc., Auction 231950 (12 December 2019), Lot 62076 (acsearch.info URL). |
| Remark: | This type of Aspendos staters is dated to the period c. 465–430 BC by SNG France 3. |
| Aspendos/Kelenderis, Specimen 2 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Weight: | 10.80 g | |
| Diameter: | 19 mm | |
| Obverse: | Helmeted nude hoplite warrior advancing right, shield in left hand, spear forward in right; between legs, tortoise oriented vertically. Test cut. Undertype traces: rider on horse to left (visible part of the horse’s head and rider’s head, shoulders and hands at the bottom of the flan). |
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| Reverse: | Triskeles; above, [Ε]–Σ and tortoise; below, lion standing left; all within incuse square. Undertype traces: goat kneeling to left on double exergual line with hatched markings (visible goat’s rump in the right part of the flan and the exergual line at the bottom of the flan). |
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| This coin: | Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 435 (2 January 2019), Lot 106 (acsearch.info URL). | |
| References: | SNG von Aulock 11, 4484 var. (tortoise on the obverse oriented horizontally; same reverse die); several specimens on the market, e.g. Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 439 (6 March 2019), Lot 93 (acsearch.info URL). | |
| GOD: | Silver ID 20434 | |
| Undertype: | Kelenderis, Type 2C.1 | |
| Credit: | Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 435 (2 January 2019), Lot 106 (acsearch.info URL). | |
| Remarks: | (1) | Identification of the undertype as Type 2C.1 is made possible by the exergual line with hatched markings. |
| (2) | This type of Aspendos staters is dated to the period c. 465–430 BC by SNG France 3. | |
Kelenderis
| Kelenderis/Aspendos, Specimen 1 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Weight: | unknown |
| Diameter: | unknown |
| Obverse: | Youthful rider, nude except for flying chlamys, holding reins in right hand and whip or cutlass (makhaira) in left, dismounting from horse rearing to left; dotted border. |
| Reverse: | Forepart of goat kneeling to left; dotted border; all within circular incuse. |
| This coin: | AUREA numismatika a.s., eAuction 25 (6 September 2020), Lot 3125 (Livebid.cz URL). |
| References: | Coin Catalogue, Kelenderis, Type 1.3. |
| GOD: | Silver ID 26770 |
| Undertype: | Aspendos: SNG France 3, 12–13; Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 19 (26 March 2020), Lot 559 (acsearch.info URL). Obv.: Hoplite advancing right on dotted ground line, wearing crested helmet and holding shield and spear. Rev.: Triskeles; EΣTFΔII above; below, lion standing left above ΠΦ; all within incuse square. |
| Credit: | overstrike: AUREA numismatika a.s., eAuction 25 (6 September 2020), Lot 3125 (Livebid.cz URL); undertype: Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 19 (26 March 2020), Lot 559 (acsearch.info URL). |
| Remark: | Nothing can be discerned on the photograph of the obverse, but the reverse shows the thigh and calf of a human leg as if in a kneeling position oriented to the right and several other traces of the original design (blue-framed areas in the second image). Human figures kneeling to the right are depicted on staters from Tarsos (satrap on horseback / hoplite kneeling right: SNG France 2, 211–217 and 219–223) and on staters from an uncertain Cilician mint (Amazon ? running or kneeling right / lion attacking bull: e.g. Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 13, 23 March 2017, Lot 371, acsearch.info URL), but these coin types do not match the remains of the original design above the calf of the preserved leg. However, the traces in the area above the calf correspond very well to the chest of the lion and the edge of its mane, and the area to the right of the upper thigh corresponds to the back of the lion’s torso on the above type of Aspendos staters. Nevertheless, the explanation of the traces in the goat’s beard remains a bit problematic (upper blue-framed area in the second image). |
Nagidos
| Nagidos/Kelenderis, Specimen 1 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Weight: | 10.77 g | |
| Diameter: | unknown | |
| Obverse: | Aphrodite seated left, holding phiale in extended right arm, left arm resting on the back of the chair; to right, Eros standing left, his right arm extended to Aphrodite; dotted border. Undertype traces: no identifiable part of the undertype design. |
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| Reverse: | Bearded Dionysos dressed in a long robe, standing left, holding in extended right hand a vine upon which two grape bunches hang, thyrsos in left; in right field, NAΓI, and in left field, ΔEΩN; in upper right field, M in circle. Undertype traces: horse rearing to right (visible the horse’s rump and its right hind leg in the left part of the flan). |
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| This coin: | Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 241 (10 October 2016), Lot 1581 (acsearch.info URL). Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA, Auction 7 (27 November 2012), Lot 93 (acsearch.info URL). |
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| References: | Coin Catalogue, Nagidos, Type 2.6a. | |
| GOD: | Silver ID 2362 | |
| Undertype: | Kelenderis, Group 3, uncertain type | |
| Credit: | overstrike: Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 241 (10 October 2016), Lot 1581 (acsearch.info URL); undertype: Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 273 (19 November 2020), Lot 235 (acsearch.info URL). |
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| Remarks: | (1) | This overstrike was published in Callataÿ 2017, pp. 134 and 143–4 (cat. 28). That this is an overstrike of a Kelenderis stater is likely, but not completely certain. The remnant of the original design is visible only in the left part of the reverse and is deformed due to the new strike. The undertype exergual line is not visible on the coin, but it is clear that the horse’s cannon (assuming the remnant of the undertype design is indeed the rear of a horse) must be at a very sharp angle to the surface. Otherwise, the horse would have been placed too high on the original coin and such a significantly misplaced die does not seem very likely. A depiction of a horse with its hind legs in such a position can be seen, for example, on Type 3.14 whose obverse is in the second image. |
| (2) | This type of Nagidos staters is dated to the period c. 385/4–375 BC by Casabonne 2004 (pp. 113–4, Type 5), to the period c. 380–360 BC by SNG Levante, and to the period c. 365–3 BC by Lederer 1931 and SNG von Aulock. | |
| Nagidos/Salamis, Specimen 1 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Weight: | 10.73 g | |
| Diameter: | unknown | |
| Obverse: | Aphrodite enthroned left, holding phiale, her left arm around the shoulders of Eros, who stands left, holding open wreath in his left hand, his right arm around the back of Aphrodite; dotted border. Undertype traces: bearded head of Herakles (visible face profile in the left part of the flan). |
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| Reverse: | Bearded Dionysos dressed in a long robe, standing left, holding in extended right hand a vine upon which two grape bunches hang, thyrsos in left; in right field, NAΓI, and in left field, ΔEΩN; in exergue, Π. Undertype traces: no identifiable part of the undertype design. |
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| This coin: | Münzen & Medaillen GmbH, Auction 36 (30 May 2012), Lot 473 (acsearch.info URL). | |
| References: | Coin Catalogue, Nagidos, Type 2.3b. | |
| GOD: | Silver ID 2406 | |
| Undertype: |
Probably Cyprus, Evagoras I of Salamis: BMC 23, p. 57, 55 = The British Museum (London), museum number 1888,1103.5. Other possibilities: Tiribazos, Satrap of Lydia: SNG France 2, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163 (Soloi), and 395, 396, 397 (Mallos). Nagidos: Type 1.6. |
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| Credit: | overstrike: Münzen & Medaillen GmbH, Auction 36 (30 May 2012), Lot 473 (acsearch.info URL); undertype: Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 5 (23 March 2013), Lot 438 (acsearch.info URL). |
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| Remarks: | (1) | This overstrike was published in Callataÿ 2017, pp. 134 and 144 (cat. 29). Callataÿ lists all three potential undertypes stated above, preferring Tiribazos. However, in the Greek Overstrikes Database, the undertype is now atttributed to Evagoras I of Salamis. |
| (2) | This type of Evagoras I’s staters is dated to the period c. 411–374/3 BC. The Tiribazos and Nagidos types are dated to the 380s BC. | |
| Nagidos/Soloi, Specimen 1 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Weight: | 9.90 g | |
| Diameter: | 23–24 mm | |
| Obverse: | Aphrodite seated left, wearing polos, holding phiale in extended right arm, left arm resting on the back of the chair; to left, Eros flying to right, bearing an olive wreath to crown Aphrodite; in lower left field, rose bush with a flower and one bud each on the left and right; below throne, mouse; dotted border. Test cut. Undertype traces: part of the crest of Athena’s helmet and part of a linear border. |
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| Reverse: | Bearded Dionysos dressed in a long robe, standing left, holding bunch of grapes in extended right hand, thyrsos in left; above grape, grain ear; in upper left field, EY; in lower left field, IKE; in right field, [NAΓIΔ]IKON; dotted border. Double strike. Undertype traces: letters OΛE, part of vine stem and part of a linear border. |
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| This coin: | Coll. P. Veselý, NAG-AR-04. | |
| References: | Coin Catalogue, Nagidos, 3.6f. | |
| GOD: | Silver ID 26443 | |
| Undertype: | Soloi: SNG France 2, 177; Roma Numismatics Limited, E-Sale 30 (29 October 2016), Lot 178 (acsearch.info URL). Obv.: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; linear border. Rev.: Bunch of grapes with tendrils and a leaf; above, ΣOΛEΩN; in lower left field, star; along the left bottom edge, AΠOΛΛΩNI[…]; in lower right field, owl; linear border. |
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| Credit: | overstrike: Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A. (Coll. P. Veselý, NAG-AR-04); undertype: Roma Numismatics Limited, E-Sale 30 (29 October 2016), Lot 178 (acsearch.info URL). |
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| Remarks: | (1) | Most of the surviving remnants of the original coin design correspond to the above stated type SNG France 2, 177: the letters OΛE, the part of a vine stem and the partially preserved linear borders on the obverse and reverse. The only exception is the crest on Athena’s helmet, which is finely segmented on coins of the type SNG France 2, 177, and does not completely correspond to the traces on this stater. Note that these traces could correspond to the hair of Herakles on Tiribazos’s coins from the Soloi mint of the type SNG France 2, 159 (Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin around neck / Bearded head of satrap right, wearing bashlyk), but this undertype can be ruled out due to the dotted border on the obverse and reverse and the different profile of the satrap’s nose on the reverse than matches the traces on this stater next to the letters OΛE. The above identification of the undertype is therefore probable, but not absolutely certain. |
| (2) | This type of Nagidos staters is dated before c. 385/4 BC by Casabonne 2004 (p. 113, Type 4) and to the period c. 350–333 BC by Lederer 1931 (Group X). The identified undertype is dated to the period c. 350–330 BC by SNG France 2. | |
| Nagidos/uncertain, Specimen 1 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Weight: | 10.10 g | |
| Diameter: | 26–27 mm | |
| Obverse: | Aphrodite seated left, wearing polos, hair falling in curls, holding phiale in extended right arm, left arm resting on the back of the chair; to left, Eros flying to right, bearing an olive wreath to crown Aphrodite; below throne, mouse; dotted border. Undertype traces: no identifiable part of the undertype design. |
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| Reverse: | Bearded Dionysos dressed in a long robe, standing left, holding grape bunch on vine in extended right hand, thyrsos in left; in left field, control marks; in right field, NAΓIΔEΩN; in upper left field, epigraphic shape of letter Zeta (𐤆); in lower left field, Δ. Undertype traces (blue-framed areas in the second image) described by Bar 1995, p. 3: “La pièce a été surfrappée: il reste au revers des traces de l’ancienne empreinte, notamment à hauteur de la tête de Dionysios, en oblique, un des côtés d’un carré de grènetis (voir agrandissement photographique); en outre, une fissure dans le haut des cuisses et un filet s’enroulant dans la lettre 𐤆 qui se trouve en haut à gauche.” |
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| This coin: | Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A., Auction 30 (12 June 1993), Lot 120. | |
| References: | Coin Catalogue, Nagidos, Type 3.3a. | |
| GOD: | Silver ID 3173 | |
| Undertype: | Uncertain, possibly Aspendos (Tekin 1997, Series 4) or Selge (SNG France 3, 1914–1927). Obv.: Two wrestlers grappling; dotted border. Rev.: Slinger in throwing stance right; dotted square border. |
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| Credit: | overstrike: Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A., Auction 30 (12 June 1993), Lot 120; undertype: SNG France 3, 100 (The Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Gallica, Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b11317859k). |
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| Remarks: | (1) | This overstrike was published by Bar 1995 and is also listed in Callataÿ 2017, p. 144 (cat. 30). The remainder of the square dotted border on the reverse suggests that a possible undertype could be an Aspendos stater of Series 4 according to Tekin 1997, or a Selge stater. However, this identification is very uncertain. |
| (2) | This type of Nagidos staters is dated before c. 385/4 BC by Casabonne 2004 (p. 113, Type 4) and to the period c. 358–6 BC by Lederer 1931 (Group IX). | |
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