Description: Kings of Bithynia, Prusias I (238 - 183 BC) Diademed head of Zeus right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠPOYΣIOY, to right and left of thunderbolt, all within oak-wreath.

Diameter: AE22 mm

Weight: 9,78 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: Recueil, pg. 222, 12; SNG von Aulock 245

Commentary: rare; dark grey patina, some metallic encrustations

History: Prusias granted sanctuary to Hannibal but threatened by the Romans he planned his extradiction which Hannibal's death prevented.

Article Number: 041-05-04-44710