bgr_838368 - BITHYNIA - BITHYNIAN KINGDOM - PRUSIAS I Demi-unité
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Price : 60.00 €
Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 225-185 AC.
Mint name / Town : Bithynie, Nicomédie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,54 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure importante mais monnaie bien identifiable. Revers agréable. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
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.
Very light weight. This undifferentiated type seems rarer than general works suggest.
Very light weight. This undifferentiated type seems rarer than general works suggest.
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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