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Bithynia, Prusia ad Mare, BMC 328-330
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Bithynia, Prusia ad Mare, c. 2nd - 1st century BC
AE 26, 11.26g, 90°
Obv.: Bearded head of Herakles, wearing diadem, r.
Rev.: Legend in 3 letters:
ΠΡOYCIEΩN / TΩΝ ΠΡOC / ΘΑΛΑCCHI
in between club and quiver
Ref.: BMC 132, 328-330; not in SNG Cpenhagen; not in SNG von Aulock
rare, VF+
Pedigree:
ex Obolos auction 3, 15.11.15
In contrast to the famous exclamation in Xenophon's Anabasis Θάλαττα! Θάλαττα! - "The Sea! The Sea!" when the Ten Thousands Greeks saw the Black Sea, the Θάλασσα on the coin is not Attic Greek, but Doric Greek.
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