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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 8235910, member: 118780&quot;]I went 1/2, after somehow going 6/6 in their last auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m pretty happy with this one that I won.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448874[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>KINGS OF BITHYNIA. Ziailas, circa 250-230 BC.</b> AE (Bronze, 18 mm, 4.89 g, 1 h). Diademed head of Ziailas to right. <i>Rev.</i> BAΣIΛE[ΩΣ] / ZIAHΛA Tropy of arms. Mørkholm, Early Hellenistic Coinage, 416. SNG von Aulock 243.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin previously sold at Nomos for 480 CHF, so my winning bid of 500 was fair. ACSearch shows four copies, and in 2011 at Triton XIV, one hammered at 1800 USD. The Triton listing states it was the fourth known, but since the others listed on acsearch came later, I&#039;m not sure if they were later discoveries or one of the original four - so there&#039;s between four and seven around. Of those on acsearch, this one is the best.</p><p><br /></p><p>Normally Ziailas would be too late for my collection, as it&#039;s past what I define as &quot;The Era of the Diadochi.&quot; However, I&#039;ve been looking into creating one or more &quot;bridges&quot; between my Hellenistic collection and my Roman one, and since I already have Nikomedes I, I decided to pick this up as the most difficult coin in the Bithynian bridge.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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