Tetrachalkon - Orsobaris Musa Prusias ad Mare

Features

Issuer	Kings of Pontos
Princess	Orsobaris (50 BC - 1 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	30 BC - 22 BC
Value	Tetrachalkon (1⁄12)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Bronze
Weight	6.65 g
Diameter	21 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 535801
References	Recueil# 26 William Henry Waddington, Ernest Babelon, Théodore Reinach. Recueil général des monnaies grecques d'Asie mineure. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France (4 volumes). , RPC Online I# 2020 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)

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Obverse

Diademed head of Orsobaris Musa, left.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΟΡΣΟΒΑΡΙΟΣ ΜΟΥΣΗΣ

Translation: of Queen Orsobaris Musa

Reverse

Head of Heracles, left.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΠΡΟΥΣΙΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΗΙ

Unabridged legend: Προυσιέων τῶν πρὸς θαλάσσῃ

Translation: of the Prusians by the sea

Mint

Cius / Prusias ad Mare, Bithynia, modern-day Gemlik, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (30 BC - 22 BC)						$ 420

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Leu Numismatik Auction 14 Lot 84	14 Oct 2023	XF	USD 2761.92 (CHF 2200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 16 Lot 734	22 May 2021	VF	USD 1632.04 (CHF 1300.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 18 Lot 1033	18 Dec 2021	F	USD 878.79 (CHF 700.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Leu Numismatik Web Auction 14 Lot 285	12 Dec 2020	F	USD 426.84 (CHF 340.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 3 Lot 262	25 Feb 2018	F	USD 276.19 (CHF 220.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Leu Numismatik Web Auction 13 Lot 268	15 Aug 2020	F	USD 276.19 (CHF 220.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Leu Numismatik Auction 1 Lot 74	25 Oct 2017	F	USD 690.48 (CHF 550.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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