LOT 3164
Judaea. Herodians, Herod III Antipas AE Half Unit. Dated RY 37 (33/4 CE). Tiberias mint.
HPΩΔΟ[Υ TETPA]PXOY, palm frond; L ΛZ (date) across field / TIBEPIAC in two lines within wreath. RPC I, 4931; Meshorer 88; Hendin 6243. Very Fine.(4.72gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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 Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 24, 1280 (attributed to Dia of Bithynia); otherwise unpublished. 6.60gr, 18mm, 12h.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. -
Greek King of Baktria, Demetrios I AR Tetradrachm. 200-185 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Baktra, diademed and draped bust of Demetrios I to right, wearing elephant skin headdress / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY, youthful Herakles, nude, standing facing, crowning himself with a wreath with his right hand and holding club and lion skin his left; in inner left field, monogram. MIG 103e; HGC 12, 63. 15.06gr, 32mm, 12h.
Very FIne. Chipped.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Shaqilat AR Sela'-Drachm. AD 70-106. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate and draped bust of Rabbel II to right; inscription in Aramaic around / Veiled and draped bust of Shaqilat to right; inscription in Aramaic around. Cf. CN 218; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea, 144. 2.45gr, 16mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
