Tetrachalkon - Prusias I or II

Features

Issuer	Kings of Bithynia
King	Prusias I (228 BC - 182 BC) Prusias II (182 BC - 149 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	230 BC - 149 BC
Value	Tetrachalkon (1⁄12)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Bronze
Weight	11.6 g
Diameter	28 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 535735
References	Recueil# 16 William Henry Waddington, Ernest Babelon, Théodore Reinach. Recueil général des monnaies grecques d'Asie mineure. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France (4 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 625-627 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , SNG von Aulock# 248, 6880 Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes). , BMC Greek# 3-7 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , Laffaille# 427 Pierre Strauss; 1990. Collection Maurice Laffaille: monnaies grecques en bronze. Monnaies et Medailles, Basel, Switzerland. , HGC 7# 615 Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia / Volume 7: Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos): Fifth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Laureate head of Apollo to left.

Reverse

Helmeted and winged figure of Athena-Nike standing to left, crowning the king's name with her right hand and resting her left on a shield by her side, decorated with a gorgoneion; in the field to left, monogram.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ
ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ

Translation: King Prusias

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (230 BC - 149 BC)							$ 360	$ 360

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Nomos AG Auction 37 Lot 124	16 Nov 2025	XF	USD 825.16 (CHF 650.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 156 Lot 153	7 Sep 2025	XF	USD 279.29 (EUR 240.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 80 Lot 125	4 Aug 2019	XF	USD 256.02 (EUR 220.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH
	Savoca Numismatik 1st Black Auction Lot 25	1 Jun 2019	XF	USD 336.40 (GBP 250.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG
	Nomos AG Auction 18 Lot 135	5 May 2019	XF	USD 355.45 (CHF 280.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Künker Auction 133 Lot 7445	11 Oct 2007	XF	USD 1629.20 (EUR 1400.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	CNG Triton V Lot 422	16 Jan 2002	XF	USD 325.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Nomos AG obolos 24 Lot 125	21 Aug 2022	VF	USD 304.67 (CHF 240.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Nomos AG obolos 24 Lot 126	21 Aug 2022	VF	USD 380.84 (CHF 300.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 20 Lot 1039	16 Jul 2022	VF	USD 330.06 (CHF 260.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik