2005.115.25: Coin of Prusias II of Bithynia
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2005.115.25
- People
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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
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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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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