Æ - 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
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Bronze
Weight	7.48 g
Diameter	23 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 535803
References	Recueil# 18 William Henry Waddington, Ernest Babelon, Théodore Reinach. Recueil général des monnaies grecques d'Asie mineure. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France (4 volumes). , SNG von Aulock# 249 Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes). , BMC Greek# 8 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 630 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes).

Obverse

Laureate head of Apollo to right.

Reverse

Lyre.

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)

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