Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 653

Price realized: 1,300 CHF   (Approx. 1,476 USD / 1,364 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


KINGS OF BITHYNIA. Prusias II Cynegos, 182-149 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 33 mm, 17.14 g, 12 h). Head of Prusias II to right, wearing winged diadem. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ Zeus standing front, head to left, crowning the king's name with his right hand and holding long scepter in his left; in inner left field, eagle standing left on thunderbolt above monogram. HGC 7, 623. RG 10a. SNG von Aulock 252. Lightly toned and with a very attractive portrait. A few light marks, otherwise, good very fine.


Ex Vecchi 15, 15 June 1999, 281.

Starting price: 500 CHF

Match 1:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 654

Price realized: 1,400 CHF   (Approx. 1,589 USD / 1,468 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


KINGS OF BITHYNIA. Prusias II Cynegos, 182-149 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 33 mm, 16.86 g, 12 h), Nikomedeia. Head of Prusias II to right, wearing winged diadem. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ Zeus standing front, head to left, crowning the king's name with his right hand and holding long scepter in his left; in inner left field, eagle standing left on thunderbolt above monogram of ΜΕ. HGC 7, 622. RG 10a. SNG Lockett 2682. SNG von Aulock 254. Sharply struck and with a wonderful portrait. Light scratches and with minor areas of smoothing, otherwise, good very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.

Starting price: 500 CHF

Match 2:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 1258

Price realized: 35 CHF   (Approx. 40 USD / 37 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


KINGS OF BITHYNIA. Prusias II Cynegos, 182-149 BC. AE (Bronze, 18 mm, 4.09 g, 12 h), Nikomedeia. Head of Prusias II to right, wearing winged diadem. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΠΡΟYΣIOY Herakles standing front, head to left, holding club set on ground in his right hand and lion skin in his left; to lower right, monogram. HGC 7, 634. RG 25. SNG München 2162. Some breaks in patina, otherwise, very fine.


Ex Leu Web Auction 26, 8-13 July 2023, 976 and previously from a European collection, formed before 2005.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 3:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 656

Price realized: 110 CHF   (Approx. 125 USD / 115 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


KINGS OF BITHYNIA. Prusias II Cynegos, 182-149 BC. AE (Bronze, 22 mm, 4.72 g, 12 h), Nikomedeia. Head of Dionysos to right, wearing wreath of ivy and fruit. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΠΡΟYΣIOY Centaur advancing right, playing lyre; to lower right, monogram. HGC 7, 629. RG 26. SNG Copenhagen 640. Light cleaning scratches and with minor breaks in patina on the edge, otherwise, very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 4:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 1257

Price realized: 140 CHF   (Approx. 159 USD / 148 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


KINGS OF BITHYNIA. Prusias II Cynegos, 182-149 BC. AE (Bronze, 21 mm, 6.09 g, 1 h). Head of Dionysos to right, wearing wreath of ivy and fruit. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΠΡΟYΣIOY Centaur advancing right, playing lyre; to lower right, monogram. HGC 7, 629. RG 26. SNG Copenhagen 638. Beautiful hard black patina. Trace deposits and with light adjustment marks, otherwise, good very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.

Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 5:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 740

Price realized: 190 CHF   (Approx. 216 USD / 201 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


ISLANDS OFF THRACE, Thasos. Circa 148-90/80 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 33 mm, 16.41 g, 12 h). Head of youthful Dionysos to right, wearing tainia and wreath of ivy and fruit. Rev. HΡAKΛEOΥΣ - ΣΩTHΡOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN Herakles standing front, head to left, holding club in his right hand and lion skin draped over his left arm and shoulder; in inner left field, monogram. Prokopov Group 15. Numerous minor marks, otherwise, very fine.


Ex Leu Web Auction 18, 19-21 December 2021, 240, and previously from a Swiss collection, formed before 2005.

Starting price: 50 CHF