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| Issuer | Prusias ad Hypium (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 235-238 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Heracles standing facing with head turned to the right, depicted in heroic nudity, his left arm draped with the Nemean lion skin and his right hand resting upon a grounded club. The figure is rendered in the classical tradition common to Bithynian civic coinage, emphasizing the musculature and divine attributes of the hero. The ethnic legend of Prusias ad Hypium is inscribed in the field, identifying the issuing city. The overall composition reflects the civic pride of the Prusian mint in associating the local coinage with the Heraclean mythological tradition. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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