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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Kingdom of Bithynia| > SH14039
Kingdom of Bithynia, Prusias I Cholos, 228 - 185 B.C.
|Kingdom| |of| |Bithynia|, |Kingdom| |of| |Bithynia,| |Prusias| |I| |Cholos,| |228| |-| |185| |B.C.|, Prusias I, son of Ziaelas, and grandson of Nikomedes I. The Bithynian Kingdom reached its zenith under his reign. He was an enlightened and courageous ruler who managed to maintain the prosperity of his realm at a time of great political turmoil in Asia Minor. -- Greek Coins and Their Values, by David R. Sear
SH14039. Silver tetradrachm, SGCV II 7259; BMC Pontus p. 209, 1; SNG Cop 623v; SNGvA 244v, nice VF, Nikomedia (Izmit, Turkey) mint, weight 16.740g, maximum diameter 34.1mm, die axis 0o, obverse his diademed head right with whiskers; reverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠPOYΣIOY, Zeus standing left, scepter in left, crowning King's name with right, thunderbolt and monogram inner left field; exceptional figure of Zeus; SOLD











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