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| Auctiones GmbH > eAuction 19 | Auction date: 20 October 2013 |
| Lot number: 48 | |
| Lot description: Alexandria ad Issum, Cilicia. Pseudo-autonomous AE16 (4.09 g), late 1st or early 2nd Century AD. Obv. AΛЄΞANΔPЄWN, laureate bust of Poseidon right. Rev. KAT ICCON, dolphin around trident. SNG Levante 1840 (same obverse die); CNG BN -. Very rare. Very fine. Alexandria ad Issum was founded by Alexander in 333 BC, about 35 km south of the Issos battlefield, to guard the Syrian gates (a mountain pass connecting the cilician coast with inland Syria) while he was advancing to Egypt. The small city issued few coins, some under Antiochos IV and some in imperial time, all of which are rare today. Estimate: 100 CHF |  |
