Introduction List of overstrikes Aspendos Kelenderis Nagidos
Introduction
This part of the catalogue documents overstrikes involving the pre-Hellenistic coinage of Cilicia Trachea. It includes both coins overstruck by mints in Cilicia Trachea and coins from the region overstruck by mints elsewhere. Each detailed entry includes a link to the corresponding record in the Greek Overstrikes Database (a project initiated and directed by François de Callataÿ), abbreviated here as GOD.
For an analysis of overstrikes on Pamphylian and Cilician silver coins, see de Callataÿ 2017 and de Callataÿ 2022.
List of overstrikes
| Overstrike | Undertype | Denomination | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspendos | Kelenderis | AR Stater | Aspendos/Kelenderis, Specimen 1, Aspendos/Kelenderis, Specimen 2 |
| Kelenderis | Aspendos | AR Stater | Kelenderis/Aspendos, Specimen 1 |
| Kelenderis | uncertain | AR Obol | Kelenderis/uncertain, Specimen 1 |
| Nagidos | Kelenderis (?) | AR Stater | Nagidos/Kelenderis, Specimen 1, Nagidos/Kelenderis, Specimen 2 |
| Nagidos | Salamis (?) | AR Stater | Nagidos/Salamis, Specimen 1 |
| Nagidos | Soloi | AR Stater | Nagidos/Soloi, Specimen 1 |
| Nagidos | uncertain | AR Stater | 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, holding a shield in his left hand and a spear pointed forward in his right; between his legs, an ivy leaf. Undertype traces: goat kneeling left on a solid exergual line, its head turned back to the right (the goat’s forepart and the exergual line are visible in the left part of the flan). |
| Reverse: | Triskeles; in upper right field, ΕΣ; all within an incuse square. Undertype traces: horse rearing left (the horse’s forelegs and the dotted border are visible in the left part of the flan, and its hindquarters in the right part). |
| 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: | Staters of this Aspendos type are dated to 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, holding a shield in his left hand and a spear pointed forward in his right; between his legs, a vertically oriented tortoise. Test cut. Undertype traces: rider on horseback left (part of the horse’s head and the rider’s head, shoulders, and hands are visible at the bottom of the flan). |
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| Reverse: | Triskeles; above, [Ε]–Σ and a tortoise; below, a lion standing left; all within an incuse square. Undertype traces: goat kneeling left on a double exergual line with hatched markings (the goat’s rump is visible in the right part of the flan and the exergual line at the bottom). |
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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 2.2 | |
| Credit: | Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 435 (2 January 2019), Lot 106 (acsearch.info URL). | |
| Remarks: | (1) | The undertype can be identified as Type 2.2 from the exergual line with hatched markings. |
| (2) | Staters of this Aspendos type are dated to 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 a flying chlamys, holding the reins in his right hand and a whip or cutlass (makhaira) in his left, dismounting from a horse rearing left; dotted border. |
| Reverse: | Forepart of a goat kneeling left; dotted border; all within a 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 a dotted ground line, wearing a crested helmet and holding a shield and spear. Rev.: Triskeles; EΣTFΔII above; below, a lion standing left above ΠΦ; all within an incuse square. |
| Credits: | 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 in the photograph of the obverse. On the reverse, however, the thigh and calf of a human figure apparently kneeling right, together with several other traces of the original design, are visible (the areas outlined in blue in the second image). Human figures kneeling right appear 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 a bull: e.g. Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 13, 23 March 2017, Lot 371, acsearch.info URL), but these coin types do not match the surviving traces of the original design above the calf. By contrast, the traces above the calf correspond closely to the lion’s chest and the edge of its mane, while those to the right of the upper thigh correspond to the rear of the lion’s torso on the Aspendos stater type cited above. The interpretation of the traces in the goat’s beard nevertheless remains somewhat problematic (the upper area outlined in blue in the second image). |
| Kelenderis/uncertain, Specimen 1 | |
| Denomination: | AR Obol |
Detail
| Weight: | 0.78 g |
| Diameter: | 10 mm |
| Obverse: | Gorgoneion facing; dotted border. |
| Reverse: | Forepart of a horse rearing right within an incuse square. |
| This coin: | SPQR Collection, Auction 11 (18 November 2025), Lot 217 (biddr.com URL). |
| References: | Coin Catalogue, Kelenderis, Type 5.8. |
| GOD: | — |
| Undertype: | Uncertain, possibly Kelenderis, Type 5.7. |
| Credits: | Overstrike: SPQR Collection, Auction 11 (18 November 2025), Lot 217 (biddr.com URL); Undertype: Baldwin’s Auctions Ltd, Auction 34 (13 October 2003), Lot 169 (acsearch.info URL). |
Nagidos
| Nagidos/Kelenderis, Specimen 1 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Weight: | 10.77 g | |
| Diameter: | unknown | |
| Obverse: | Aphrodite seated left, her feet on a footstool, wearing a long-sleeved chiton, holding a phiale in her extended right hand and resting her left arm on the back of the chair; to the right, Eros standing left, extending his right arm towards Aphrodite; dotted border. Undertype traces: no identifiable part of the undertype design. |
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| Reverse: | Bearded Dionysos standing left, dressed in a long robe, holding a vine branch with two bunches of grapes in his extended right hand and a thyrsos in his left; in right and left fields, NAΓI–ΔEΩN; in upper left field, an M within a circle. Undertype traces: horse rearing right (the horse’s rump and right hind leg are visible 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 2.7a. | |
| GOD: | Silver ID 2362 | |
| Undertype: | Kelenderis, Group 3, uncertain type | |
| Credits: | 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 de Callataÿ 2017, pp. 134 and 143–4 (cat. 28). Its identification as an overstrike on a Kelenderis stater is probable but not entirely certain. The remnant of the original design is visible only in the left part of the reverse and was distorted by the new strike. The undertype’s exergual line is not visible, but the horse’s cannon bone (assuming that the remnant is indeed the hindquarters of a horse) must have been at a very sharp angle to the surface of the flan. Otherwise, the horse would have been positioned too high on the original coin, and such a markedly misplaced die seems unlikely. A horse with its hind legs in this position appears, for example, on Type 3.14, whose obverse is shown in the second image. |
| (2) | Nagidos staters of this type are dated to c. 385/4–375 BC by Casabonne 2004 (pp. 113–4, Type 5), to c. 380–360 BC by SNG Levante, and to c. 365–3 BC by Lederer 1931 and SNG von Aulock. | |
| Nagidos/Kelenderis, Specimen 2 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Weight: | 10.75 g | |
| Diameter: | unknown | |
| Obverse: | Aphrodite seated left, her feet on a footstool, wearing a long-sleeved chiton, holding a phiale in her extended right hand and resting her left arm on the back of the chair; to the right, Eros standing left, extending his right arm towards Aphrodite; dotted border. Undertype traces: an uncertain linear trace at the top. |
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| Reverse: | Bearded Dionysos standing left, dressed in a long robe, holding a bunch of grapes in his extended right hand and a thyrsos in his left; in right field, NAΓIΔΙ. Undertype traces: rider’s head and part of a dotted border at the top. |
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| This coin: | Vilmar Numismatics LLC, inv. 17576. | |
| References: | Coin Catalogue, Nagidos, Type 2.7c. | |
| GOD: | Silver ID 28548 | |
| Undertype: | Kelenderis, Group 3, uncertain type | |
| Credit: | Vilmar Numismatics LLC, inv. 17576. | |
| Remarks: | (1) | It is not entirely certain that the undertype is a Kelenderis stater. On the reverse, the remnants of the undertype correspond to a rider’s head facing right and part of a dotted border, which is consistent with the obverse of Kelenderis staters of Group 3. No element of the undertype design can be identified on the obverse, although a broad band is visible in its upper part. If this band formed part of the undertype design (which is uncertain, since it may instead have been produced during the overstriking), the undertype cannot have been a Kelenderis stater. |
| (2) | Nagidos staters of this type are dated to c. 385/4–375 BC by Casabonne 2004 (pp. 113–4, Type 5), to c. 380–360 BC by SNG Levante, and to 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 a phiale in her right hand and placing her left arm around the shoulders of Eros, who stands left, holding an open wreath in his left hand and placing his right arm around Aphrodite’s back; dotted border. Undertype traces: bearded head of Herakles (the profile of his face is visible in the left part of the flan). |
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| Reverse: | Bearded Dionysos standing left, dressed in a long robe, holding a vine with two hanging bunches of grapes in his extended right hand and a thyrsos in his 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 2.4b. | |
| 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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| Credits: | 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 de Callataÿ 2017, pp. 134 and 144 (cat. 29). De Callataÿ lists all three possible undertypes given above, preferring Tiribazos. In the Greek Overstrikes Database, however, the undertype is now attributed to Evagoras I of Salamis. |
| (2) | Staters of this type issued by Evagoras I are dated to 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 a polos, holding a phiale in her extended right hand and resting her left arm on the back of the chair; to the left, Eros flying right, bearing an olive wreath with which to crown Aphrodite; in lower left field, a rose bush with a flower and one bud on either side; below the throne, a 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 standing left, dressed in a long robe, holding a bunch of grapes in his extended right hand and a thyrsos in his left; above the bunch, a grain ear; in upper left field, EY; in lower left field, IKE; in right field, [NAΓIΔ]IKON; dotted border. Double strike. Undertype traces: the letters OΛE, part of a 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 a crested Corinthian helmet; linear border. Rev.: Bunch of grapes with tendrils and a leaf; above, ΣOΛEΩN; in lower left field, a star; along the lower left edge, AΠOΛΛΩNI[…]; in lower right field, an owl; linear border. |
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| Credits: | 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 design correspond to the type cited above, SNG France 2, 177: the letters OΛE, part of a vine stem, and the partially preserved linear borders on the obverse and reverse. The only exception is the crest of Athena’s helmet, which is finely segmented on coins of SNG France 2, 177, and does not fully correspond to the traces on this stater. These traces might instead represent the hair of Herakles on coins of Tiribazos struck at Soloi, such as SNG France 2, 159 (bearded head of Herakles right, wearing a lion skin around his neck / bearded head of a satrap right, wearing a bashlyk). This undertype can, however, be ruled out because its obverse and reverse have dotted borders and the profile of the satrap’s nose on its reverse does not match the traces beside the letters OΛE on this stater. The identification proposed above is therefore probable but not certain. |
| (2) | Nagidos staters of this type are dated before c. 385/4 BC by Casabonne 2004 (p. 113, Type 4) and to c. 350–333 BC by Lederer 1931 (Group X). The identified undertype is dated to 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 a polos, her hair falling in curls, holding a phiale in her extended right hand and resting her left arm on the back of the chair; to the left, Eros flying right, bearing an olive wreath with which to crown Aphrodite; below the throne, a mouse; dotted border. Undertype traces: no identifiable part of the undertype design. |
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| Reverse: | Bearded Dionysos standing left, dressed in a long robe, holding a bunch of grapes on a vine in his extended right hand and a thyrsos in his left; in left field, control marks; in right field, NAΓIΔEΩN; in upper left field, the epigraphic form of the letter Zeta (𐤆); in lower left field, Δ. Undertype traces (the areas outlined in blue in the second image), as 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 a throwing stance right; dotted square border. |
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| Credits: | 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 in Bar 1995 and is also listed in de Callataÿ 2017, p. 144 (cat. 30). The remnant of a dotted square border on the reverse suggests that the undertype may be an Aspendos stater of Series 4 according to Tekin 1997 or a Selge stater. This identification, however, remains highly uncertain. |
| (2) | Nagidos staters of this type are dated before c. 385/4 BC by Casabonne 2004 (p. 113, Type 4) and to c. 358–6 BC by Lederer 1931 (Group IX). | |
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