LOT 3214
Decapolis, Gadara AE 20mm. Dated year 20 of the Pompeian Era (45/4 BC).
Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to right, palm frond over shoulder / ΓΑΔΑ-ΡΕധΝ, cornucopia; L K (date) to inner left. Spijkerman 5; Rosenberger 5. Very Fine.(5.35gr, 20mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceEx Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 565, 3 July 2024, lot 448.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Pontos, Alias or Aliada AE 18mm. Circa 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΑΛΙΑΔΕΩΝ, eagle standing to right on thunderbolt, head to left. For another example cf. Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 24, 1280 (attributed to Dia of Bithynia); otherwise unpublished. 6.60gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Unique issue of an unrecorded city of Pontos.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
This is not the only case where a coin may be the sole evidence for identifying and preserving the name of an unknown ancient city. The same applies to our coin, which, based on the typology and style of similar types from the regions of Bithynia and Pontus in the late 2nd and 1st centuries B.C., leads us to the possible identification of an unknown city in Pontus named Alias or Aliada (perhaps close to the Halys River in central Minor Asia). We hope that this coin will serve as a reason for further research on the subject. -
Sicily, Himera AE Hemilitron or Hexonkion. Circa 415-409 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of nymph to left; six pellets (mark of value) to left / Six pellets (mark of value) within wreath. CNS 35; HGC 2, 479. 4.13gr, 20mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Syllaios(?), Usurper AE 12mm. Circa 9-6 BC. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Diademed head of Obodas II to right / Veiled head of queen to right. Cf. CN 74; cf. Al-Qatanani 63. 1.48gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
