183 BC - 149 BC

Nicomedeia   Prusias II   Rex Bithyniae
Νικομήδεια   Προυσίας B'   Βασιλέας Βιθυνίας


AE 22
SHH 7384


7384 Prusias II Rex Bithyniae AE

Parameter


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Reverse

Notes
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Provenance
5.70 g   21.1-21.9 mm   1.79 eqmm   tmax 2.4 mm   rh 0.3 mm   12:00 o'clock   VF
centering - / -   grooves + / +

σmax(SigmaTest, 240 kHz) = obv. 5.7, rev. 5.7 MS/m

Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath.
The centaur Cheiron right, right foreleg raised, wearing wreath and playing lyre;
[Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ downward on either side; ΛΦ between forelegs.
Irregular straight grooves (hand saw traces) on obverse and reverse.

BMC Bithynia 15/17; Copenhagen IV 640; HGC VII 629; Lindgren II 201; McClean 7534;
RGAM 26; Sear Greek 7266
Ex Num. Naumann 104/271, 4.7.2021