Coin of Prusias II of Bithynia | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2005.115.25
People: Prusias II, Greek (r. 183 -149 BCE)
Title: Coin of Prusias II of Bithynia
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 182 - 149 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Bithynia
Period: Hellenistic period, Late, to Early Roman Imperial
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/20690

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Bronze
Metal: AE
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 3.61 g
Die Axis: 12

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Collection of Margarete Bieber; bought March 1973 from Schulman, New York

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Rec. p.225 n.25; SNG von Aulock 257-58

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert, Claude-Claire Grenier, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year: 2005
Object Number: 2005.115.25
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Youthful beardless head (Prusias II or Perseus?) to r. with short hair, wearing winged diadem.
Rev.: Herakles naked. Standing facing l., resting r. arm on club, lion's skin around his l. arm.

Verification Level

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