LOT 3043
Pontos, Alias or Aliada AE 18mm. Circa 1st century BC.
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 Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 24, 1280 (attributed to Dia of Bithynia); otherwise unpublished. Very Fine. Unique issue of an unrecorded city of Pontos.(6.60gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Dichalkon. 246-222 BC. Kyrene mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, draped bust of Libya to right, wearing taenia; double cornucopiae beneath chin. CPE B483; Svoronos 857. 3.30gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia, Alexandrine Empire. Uncertain Satrap AV Double Daric. After 315 BC. Babylon mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
The Great King, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear with right hand and bow with left / Wavy stripes patterned incuse punch. Cf. Nicolet-Pierre, Travaux Le Rider, p. 298, 6 and pl. 30, 6. 16.72gr, 20mm.
Good Very Fine. Test cut on reverse. Areas of weakness. Rare.
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 182, 14 March 2011, lot 362. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 123, 9 May 2021, lot 873. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (AD 41/2). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Three ears of corn; L Ϛ (date) across fields / [BACIΛЄധC] AΓPIΠA, canopy. RPC I, 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 0.71gr, 17mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Reverse slightly off-centre.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
