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| Issuer | Kios (Bithynia) |
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| Year | 72 BC - 31 BC |
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| Weight | 10.35 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare bearded head of Herakles facing right, bound with a tainia; the hero's characteristic strong facial features — prominent brow, full beard, and thick curling hair — are rendered in a confident Hellenistic style. The field is plain, with no legend or inscription present on the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | Central device comprising a bow-in-bowcase oriented horizontally across the field, with a Heraklean club depicted above it; the composition alludes to the attributes of Herakles, patron deity of Prusias ad Mare. The Greek civic legend ΠΡΟΥΣΙΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΗΙ — meaning 'of the Prusians by the Sea' — is arranged in three lines around the devices, occupying the upper and lower portions of the field. |
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| Mint | Cius / Prusias ad Mare, Bithynia, modern-day Gemlik, Turkey |
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