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Tetradrachm - Prusias II Kynegos Nikomedeia
| Issuer | Kings of Bithynia |
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| Year | 182 BC - 149 BC |
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| Diameter | 25 mm |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and bearded portrait head of Prusias II facing right, rendered in fine Hellenistic style with naturalistic modeling. The king wears a distinctive winged diadem, a hallmark of his royal iconography, with the ribbon ends visible behind the neck. The hair is elaborately styled in layered locks swept back from the forehead, with individual strands finely engraved. The short beard frames a strong jaw and prominent chin, conveying regal authority. The portrait occupies the full field with no surrounding legend, the flan edges irregular as typical of hammered Hellenistic coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Nikephoros standing left, partially draped about the lower body, extending his right hand to hold an olive wreath above the royal name in the legend. In his left hand he holds a long upright scepter. To the left of the deity, an eagle stands left atop a thunderbolt, beneath which appears a monogram. The composition follows the standard Hellenistic divine-king imagery associating Bithynian royal authority with Zeus. The bi-linear legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ flanks the central figure in the field. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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