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). Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 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. 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, TurkeySee also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (230 BC - 149 BC) | 
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$ 300 | |||||||||||||
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 118 Lot 286 
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3 Jul 2022 | VF |
USD 299.64
(EUR 260.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Numismatik Naumann GmbH | |||||
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Kölner Münzkabinett Auction 104 Lot 69
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12 Feb 2016 | VF |
USD 149.82
(EUR 130.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Kölner Münzkabinett Tyll Kroha Nachfolger UG | |||||
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Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 37 Lot 161
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1 Nov 2015 | VF |
USD 218.97
(EUR 190.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Numismatik Naumann GmbH | |||||
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