LOT 3122
Seleukis and Pieria, Chalkis ad Libanum AE 20mm. Dated year 2 of the Pompeian Era (63/2 BC). ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΣ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΗΣ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ (Ptolemaios, son of Mennaios), tetrarch and archiereus.
Laureate head of Zeus to right / The Dioskouroi standing facing one another, each holding spear; [L B] ΠTOΛEMA[I] to right, TETPAPX APXE(sic) to left; all within wreath. DCA 473; HGC 9, 1440. Very Fine.(5.19gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[ΒΑΣΙΛΕ]ΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, upright anchor / 'Yehonatan the King' in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem. Hendin 6189; Meshorer Group K; HGC 10, 637. 2.69gr, 16mm, 12h.
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 Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 24, 1280 (attributed to Dia of Bithynia); otherwise unpublished. 6.60gr, 18mm, 12h.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. -
Kings of Bosporos, Rheskouporis V and Constantine I AE Stater. Dated Bosporan Era 624(?) (AD 327/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
BACIΛЄധC P[...]OC, diademed and draped bust of Rheskouporis V to right; trident before / Laureate and draped bust of Constantine I to right; eagle on globe before, holding wreath in beak, Δ(?)KX (date) below. Cf. MacDonald 683/1. 7.47gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
