bgr_232523 - PONTUS - PRUSIAS AD MARE Unité
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 72 AC.
Mint name / Town : Prusias (Cius), Pont
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,19 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Très joli revers. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête barbue et nue d’Héraklès à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Arc dans son goryte et massue d’Héraklès posée verticalement.
Reverse legend : PROUSIEWN/ TWN PROS/ QALLASSHI.
Reverse translation : (de Prusias près de la mer).
Commentary
Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire du Kunsthistorisches Museum de Vienne (RG. n° 23, pl. L/4).
Historical background
PONTUS - PRUSIAS AD MARE
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The city of Cius had been founded according to mythology at the time of the expedition of the Argonauts. The city was completely destroyed by Philip V of Macedonia in 202 BC. Its territory was then offered to Prusias I, who gave it his name and the epithet (ad Mare) to distinguish it from its namesake Hypius. She then followed the destiny of the kingdom of Bithynia. In 72 BC, during the third war against Mithridates VI of Pontus, the city opened its doors to Roman generals and was declared a free city (civita libera). The city resumed its initial name under the reign of Claude.
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