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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 6.97 g
Diameter 22 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
536066
References Recueil# 21
William Henry Waddington, Ernest Babelon, Théodore Reinach. Recueil général des monnaies grecques d'Asie mineure. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France (4 volumes).
, SNG Ashmolean# 447-448
Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes).
, HGC 7# 628
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.
, SNG Delepierre# 5391
Hélène Nicolet-Pierre, Georges Le Rider; 1983. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France / Volume 1. Bibliothèque nationale de France: Collection Jean et Marie Delepierre. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France.

Obverse

Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos.

Reverse

Lyre.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ
ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ

Translation: King Prusias

Mint

Nicomedia, Bithynia, modern-day İzmit, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (230 BC - 149 BC)  Photo $ 300

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Æ - Prusias I or II
Numismatik Naumann GmbH
Auction 118
Lot 286
Internet Archive
3 Jul 2022 VF USD 299.64
(EUR 260.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Æ - Prusias I or II
Kölner Münzkabinett
Auction 104
Lot 69
Internet Archive
12 Feb 2016 VF USD 149.82
(EUR 130.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Æ - Prusias I or II
Numismatik Naumann GmbH
Auction 37
Lot 161
Internet Archive
1 Nov 2015 VF USD 218.97
(EUR 190.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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