Live auction - bgr_555005 - BITHYNIA - BITHYNIAN KINGDOM - PRUSIAS II Tétradrachme

BITHYNIA - BITHYNIAN KINGDOM - PRUSIAS II Tétradrachme AU

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Estimate :	2 000 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	03 December 2019 14:30:00

Type : Tétradrachme

Date: c. 183-149 AC.

Mint name / Town : Bithynie, Nicomédie

Metal : silver

Diameter : 32 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 16,82 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Flan large et bien centré. Beau portrait de Prusias II. Fine usure superficielle. Patine grise de collection

Catalogue references :

Aulock253 - Hirsch1437

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant du stock de Vigne (1978)

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête barbue, diadémée et ailée du roi Prusias II à droite.

Reverse

Reverse description : Zeus Stratios nu jusqu’à la ceinture, barbu debout à gauche, tenant un sceptre long de main gauche et couronnant le nom de Prusias de la main droite ; dans le champ à gauche, un petit aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre et au-dessous, un monogramme.

Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ PROUSIOU/ (ME)

Reverse translation : (du roi Prusias).