CILICIA. Nagidos. Circa 380 BC. Stater (Silver, 20 mm, 10.67 g, 12 h). Bearded head of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath. Rev. [NAΓI]ΔIKON Diademed head of Aphrodite to right, wearing pendant earring and pearl necklace and with her hair bound by an ampyx in the front and a sphendone in the back. Casabonne type 7. Lederer 16 var. (arrangement of ethnic). SNG Levante -. SNG Paris -. Very rare with this form and placement of the ethnic. Struck somewhat off center and the obverse slightly rough, otherwise, good very fine.



The legend ΝΑΓΙΔΙΚΟΝ is the neuter singular of the adjective Ναγιδικός ('Nagidian,' or 'belonging to Nagidos') and is used elliptically in the sense of 'a Nagidian coin.' Such an adjectival form of the ethnic is highly unusual on Greek coinage. Normally, the ethnic appears in the genitive plural, referring to the civic community responsible for the issue; at Nagidos, the expected form is ΝΑΓΙΔΕΩΝ (cf. lot 221 above).