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Kelenderis, Cilicia AR Obol - A New Type?

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My collection is turning into a collection of mysteries, not coins!

Kelenderis on the eastern coast of Cilicia (southern Turkey) was in antiquity little more than a fortified rest stop for travellers of the Eastern Mediterranean, but flourished from local trade and providing accommodations to sailors. It briefly flexed it's muscles against Persia by siding with the Delian league, but was suppressed and then changed hands to whomever ruled Cilicia, up until the present day. It was renamed Aydincik in 1965.

A number of obols are known from Kelenderis - this one isn't.

Kelenderis, Cilicia
Early 3rd century BC
AR Obol
Helmeted head of Athena left
Goat kneeling right, head left, KEΛ above (the Kappa looks like an F)

Kelenderis,-Cilicia-AR-Obol---A-New-Type?

The reverse is a die match to this coin: https://www.biddr.ch/auctions/numis...a=99&l=90061

The obverse seems to be this type:
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1273784

The Athena head, however, is never found with the goat reverse:
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/gree...deris/t.html

I originally thought that this might be a mule, but the Athena head obol doesn't seem to have a dotted border. I'm really not sure what to think at this point
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Fascinating! I never saw this type type before. Wonderful discovery !
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A little beauty, congrats.
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I'm really not sure what to think at this point


Me neither, but still a nice pick-up.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb

"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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