LOT 3023
Kings of Paeonia, Patraos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 335-315 BC. Astibos or Damastion mint.
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Π-OΑ-P-ΤΑΥ (sic), Paeonian horseman, wearing crested helmet and full armor, galloping to right and spearing fallen enemy, who defends himself with a shield on his left arm. SNG ANS - (none with this legend); SNG Copenhagen 1390; Paeonian Hoard pl. 9, 490. Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone with hints of golden iridescence around the devices. Well centred.(12.70gr, 25mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceEx UBS Gold & Numismatics, Auction 82, 20 January 2009, lot 255 (company's ticket included).
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LOT 3023
Kings of Paeonia, Patraos AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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Nabataea, Aretas IV Lead Tessera or Token. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 20/1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Diademed head to right / Nike standing to left, holding wreath(?) and palm branch. Cf. Al-Qatanani, Nabataean Coins, 252. 2.31gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea, John Hyrcanus I(?) AE Prutah. 135-104 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Two cornucopiae splayed outward, adorned with ribbons; pomegranate/poppy between / 'Yehohanan the High Priest and head of the Council of the Jews' in paleo-Hebrew within wreath. Cf. Hendin 6172; cf. TJC B; cf. Sofaer 30-64. 2.01gr, 14mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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 Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 24, 1280 (attributed to Dia of Bithynia); otherwise unpublished. 6.60gr, 18mm, 12h.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.
