| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 118 | Auction date: 8 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 483 Price realized: 50 GBP (Approx. 63 USD / 58 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Kings of Bithynia, Prusias I or II Æ 8mm. 230-149 BC. Laureate and bearded male head (Herakles?) to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ], statue of Hermes facing at base. RG p. 226, 32 var. (diademed head; Prusias II); HGC 7, 637 var. (same); cf. Auctiones GmbH, e18, 31. 0.74g, 8mm, 12h. Very Fine. Extremely Rare; apparently unpublished. Estimate: 50 GBP |  |
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| Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 209 | Silver | Auction date: 28 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 93 Price realized: 95 EUR (Approx. 102 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Kings of Bithynia. Nikomedeia. Prusias I Cholos ("the Lame") 230-182 BC. Bronze Æ 27 mm, 10,90 g Laureate head of Apollo left; c/m: head of Artemis left in incuse circle / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Nike standing left, holding wreath and shield set on ground; Σ to inner left. Very Fine HGC 7, 615. Prusias I Cholus, King of Bithynia from around 228 BC until his death in 182 BC, navigated a complex web of alliances and conflicts in the Hellenistic world. He consolidated power through strategic marriages, including one with Philippus V of Macedonia. Prusias supported Rhodes after an earthquake and engaged in wars against Byzantium and Celtic tribes. He allied with Philippus V against Pergamon during the First Macedonian War, expanding Bithynian territory. Philippus V later ceded Kios and Myrleia to Prusias. Despite initial neutrality, Prusias was drawn into conflict with Rome when forced to relinquish Phrygia to Eumenes II of Pergamon. This led to a five-year war, during which Hannibal fought for Prusias. However, Prusias ultimately complied with Roman demands, leading to Hannibal's suicide. Prusias died in 182 BC, succeeded by his son Prusias II. His reign marks a period of Bithynian expansion and diplomatic maneuvering amidst the power struggles of the Hellenistic world. Starting price: 50 EUR |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction 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 |  |
