Roma Numismatics Ltd
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Kings of Bithynia, Ziailas Æ17. Circa 250-230 BC. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ZIAHΛA, trophy of arms, transverse spear behind. RG 8 = T. Reinach, "Essai sur la numismatique des rois de Bithynie," RN 1887, pl. V, 4; EHC 416; SNG von Aulock 243; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -. 5.70g, 17mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine, dark green patina. Extremely Rare, the second and best preserved example in CoinArchives after the piece sold in Triton XIV (lot 260), and possibly the fifth known, two of which are in museum collections (Berlin and Vienna).
From a private German collection.
The third king of Bithynia after Nikomedes I, and only the second to strike coinage, little is known of his reign and those scant details we have are from the very few bronze coins such as the present piece that have been found to date. Unlike his predecessor who is known to have issued coins in both silver and bronze in several denominations, Ziailas appears to have only struck this one denomination of one type.
Near Very Fine, dark green patina. Extremely Rare, the second and best preserved example in CoinArchives after the piece sold in Triton XIV (lot 260), and possibly the fifth known, two of which are in museum collections (Berlin and Vienna).
From a private German collection.
The third king of Bithynia after Nikomedes I, and only the second to strike coinage, little is known of his reign and those scant details we have are from the very few bronze coins such as the present piece that have been found to date. Unlike his predecessor who is known to have issued coins in both silver and bronze in several denominations, Ziailas appears to have only struck this one denomination of one type.