GB87136. Bronze AE 21, SNG Cop 636; BMC Pontus p. 211, 12; HGC 7 629; SGCV II 7266, VF, dark patina, bumps and scratches, corrosion, Nikomedia (Izmit, Turkey) mint, weight 6.065g, maximum diameter 20.9mm, 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 a New England collector;
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