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E-auction 493-403428 - bgr_768184 - BITHYNIA - BITHYNIAN KINGDOM - PRUSIAS II Unité

BITHYNIA - BITHYNIAN KINGDOM - PRUSIAS II Unité VF
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Estimate : 90 €
Price : 16 €
Maximum bid : 27 €
End of the sale : 26 September 2022 14:05:00
bidders : 3 bidders
Type : Unité
Date: c. 159-149 AC.
Mint name / Town : Bithynie, Nicomédie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 18,59 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Athéna casquée à droite.

Reverse


Reverse description : Nike avançant à gauche tenant une couronne et la stylis.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ PROUSIOU.

Historical background


BITHYNIA - BITHYNIAN KINGDOM - PRUSIAS II

(185-149 BC)

Prusias II is the son of Prusias I (228-185 BC), king of Bithynia and the grandson of Philip V of Macedonia by his mother. Hannibal had taken refuge in Nicomedia with his father. For fear of being delivered to the Romans by Prusias II, the Carthaginian poisoned himself in 183 BC. ). Prusias II had to give up part of his territory to the King of Pergamon. He tried to ally himself with the Romans and, in the face of such cowardice, was finally assassinated in the temple of Zeus in Nicomedia by the mob.

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