Experts in Coins & Medals

KINGS OF BITHYNIA. Prusias I Chloros, circa 230-182 BC. Tetrachalkon (Bronze, 28 mm, 11.60 g, 1 h). Laureate head of Apollo to left. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ Helmeted and winged figure of Athena-Nike standing to left, crowning the king's name with her right hand and resting her left on a shield by her side, decorated with a gorgoneion; in the field to left, monogram of TPAΓ. RG 16. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 625-627 var. and SNG von Aulock 6880 var. (but both with a differing monogram). Well struck, and with a lovely dark black-green patina overlaid with earthen highlights; an exceptionally nice example, free from the usual countermarks that this type so often seems to have. Extremely fine.

CILICIA. Tarsos. Maximinus, 235-238. (Bronze, 36 mm, 17.67 g, 6 h). ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟC / Π - Π Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus to right, seen from rear. Rev. ΤΑΡCΟΥ ΤΗC ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕω / Α / Μ / Κ - Γ / Β Apollo Lykeios, nude, standing facing on omphalos, with head turned to left, holding bow in left hand and wolf, by its forelegs, with his right. RPC VI, ID 7104.11 (this coin). SNG Copenhagen 379. SNG Paris 1591. Ziegler, Münzen 743. Rare, and the 'plate coin' in RPC Online. Earthen highlights, otherwise, about very fine.