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bgr_831663 - BITHYNIA - BITHYNIAN KINGDOM - PRUSIAS II Unité

BITHYNIA - BITHYNIAN KINGDOM - PRUSIAS II Unité XF
100.00 €(Approx. 105.00$ | 83.00£)
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 180-150 AC.
Mint name / Town : Nicomédie, Bithynie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,79 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Prusias II à droite, la tête ailée.

Reverse


Reverse description : Héraklès nu debout à gauche, s’appuyant de sa main droite sur sa massue et tenant lé léonté de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ PROUSIOU/ (PU).
Reverse translation : (du roi Prusias).

Commentary


Semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

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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