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 Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 24, 1280 (attributed to Dia of Bithynia); otherwise unpublished.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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Mysia, Kyzikos AR Obol. Circa 600-525 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Head of tunny to right, superimposed on head of bull to right / Quadripartite incuse square. For a similar example cf. CNG 88, 290, otherwise unpublished. 0.72gr, 9mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Ake (as Ptolemais) AE 24mm. Dated year 5 of the Caesarean Era (45/4 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Zeus to right; palm frond over shoulder; countermark(?) / ΠΤΟΛΕ-ΜΑΕΩΝ ΙΕΡΑΣ to right ΑΣΥ [KAI] to left, Tyche standing to left on prow of galley, holding aplustre and rudder in right hand, cornucopia and palm in left; L E (date) and monogram to left. Cf. Kadman 69; HGC 10, 8; DCA 743. 8.21gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 184 (129/8 BC). Tyre mint. Phoenician standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Diademed and draped bust to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗMΗΤΡΙΟΥ, eagle standing to left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder, to left, [I]EPA above club surmounted by Tyre monogram, to right, AΣY above ΔΠP (date), monogram between legs. SC 2195.2c; HGC 9, 1122; DCA2 170. 12.51gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Cleaned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
