GB93825. Bronze AE 23, SNG Cop 636; BMC Pontus p. 211 and pl. 38, 12; Rec Gen II.3 p. 225, 26; SNGvA 256 var. (monogram); HGC 7 629; SGCV II 7266, VF, dark patina, good centering, scrapes, scratches, and bumps, scattered slight porosity, reverse die wear, small edge cracks, Nikomedia (Izmit, Turkey) mint, weight 5.491g, maximum diameter 23.1mm, die axis 0
o, c. 180 - 150 B.C.; obverse head of young Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy; reverse centaur Chiron standing right, playing lyre, his cloak flying behind, ΠY monogram inner right under raised foreleg, BAΣIΛEΩΣ (king) downward on right, ΠPOYΣIOY downward on left; from the Errett Bishop Collection;
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