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v49_0198 - BITHYNIA - BITHYNIAN KINGDOM - PRUSIAS I Demi-unité, (PB, Æ 19)

BITHYNIA - BITHYNIAN KINGDOM - PRUSIAS I Demi-unité, (PB, Æ 19) AU
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 125.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 162.00 €
Type : Demi-unité, (PB, Æ 19)
Date: c. 225-185 AC.
Mint name / Town : Bithynie, Nicomédie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,60 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait d’Apollon. Revrers de style fin. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Richelieu Numismatique (1994)

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à gauche, les cheveux long.

Reverse


Reverse description : Arc et carquois.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ PROUSIOU
Reverse translation : (du roi Prusias).

Commentary


Poids très léger. Ce type sans différent semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

Historical background


BITHYNIA - BITHYNIAN KINGDOM - PRUSIAS I

(228-185 BC)

Prusias I, the son of Ziaelas (255-228 BC), grandson of Nicomedes I (279-255 BC) is certainly one of the greatest Bithynian monarchs. He succeeded in maintaining his kingdom in a difficult period in the face of Seleucid hegemony. He married one of the daughters of Philip V of Macedon, Apama. He died fighting Eumenes II of Pergamum (19-160 BC). His son, Prusias II (185-149 BC) succeeded him..

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