Bithynia, Prusias ad Mare
circa 70-50 BCE
Æ 20mm, 5,65g
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right.
Rev: ΠPOYCIEΩN. Tripod
Hoover 563
Prusias ad Mare was founded by the Bithynian king Prusias I from the ruins of Kios, which had been destroyed by Philip V of Macedon. There is some speculation that the previous Kios continued to exist, but in any event it was soon eclipsed by Prusias ad Mare.
Orsobaris Musa, daughter of Mithradates VI Eupator
Bithynia, Kios (as Prussia’s ad Mare)
Ca 30-22 BCE(?)
AE Tetrachalkon 23mm 6.9g
Obverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΟΡΣΟΒΑΡΙΟΣ ΜΟΥΣΗΣ; diademed head of Orsobaris Musa, left
Reverse: ΠΡΟΥΣΙΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΗΙ; head of Heracles, left
RCP I 2020 No 9(this coin); Rec 26, RN 1887, 354