Æ - Prusias I or II
Features
| Issuer |
Kings of Bithynia
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Prusias I (228 BC - 182 BC)
Prusias II (182 BC - 149 BC) |
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 230 BC - 149 BC |
| Currency | Drachm |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 4.63 g |
| Diameter | 16 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 536056 |
| References | Recueil# 22-23 William Henry Waddington, Ernest Babelon, Théodore Reinach. Recueil général des monnaies grecques d'Asie mineure. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France (4 volumes). British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia / Volume 7: Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos): Fifth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Head of Hermes to right, wearing petasos.
Reverse
Kerykeion.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ
Translation: King Prusias
Mint
Nicomedia, Bithynia, modern-day İzmit, TurkeySee also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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Examples of the type
Past sales
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Leu Numismatik Web Auction 16 Lot 739 
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22 May 2021 | XF |
USD 376.78
(CHF 300.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Ex Aufhäuser 8, 10 October 1991, 92 |
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Leu Numismatik Web Auction 29 Lot 655
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24 Feb 2024 | VF |
USD 138.15
(CHF 110.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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