GB97884. Bronze dichalkon, SNG Cop 632; Rec Gén p. 225, 25; HGC 7 634; BMC Pontus p. 210, 5 var. (monogram); SNGvA 258 var. (same), aVF, green patina, earthen deposits, minor cleaning scratches, scattered small pits, spots of corrosion, Nikomedia (Izmit, Turkey) mint, weight 3.886g, maximum diameter 17.2mm, die axis 0
o, 185 - 149 B.C.; obverse head of Prusias II to right, wearing winged diadem; reverse Herakles standing slightly left, head left, nude, right hand resting on grounded club before him, Nemean Lion's skin in left hand, BAΣIΛΕΩΣ (king) downward on right, ΠPOYΣIOY downward on left,
monogram lower inner right; from a Norwegian collection;
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