CLASSICAL COINS
KINGDOM OF BITHYNIA
PRUSIAS I, king 230-182 BC. Tetradrachm. AR 16.82 g. Head r. with short beard and royal diadem. Rev. BASILEWS - PROUSIOU Zeus, nude to waist, standing l., holding sceptre with his l. hand, crowning the king's name with his raised r. hand; in field l., thunderbolt and monogram. RG 220,9. SNG Cop. 622 (these dies).
Very r are m asterpiece of Hellenistic coin art. Beautiful portrait.
Elegant toning. Broad flan. Brilliant uncirculated Provenance: Private Swiss collection.