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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4594048, member: 57495&quot;]This arrived earlier this week.&nbsp; Nobody else wanted it, so I got to pick it up at its opening bid of CHF 25.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1137641[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>BITHYNIA, KINGS OF. Prusias II Cynegus</b></p><p>AE21. 5.53g, 20.8mm. Nikomedia mint, circa 182-149 BC. SNG Copenhagen 636-7; Lafaille 430 (<i>this coin</i>); HGC 7, 629. O: Head of Dionysos to right, wearing wreath of ivy and fruit. R: [BAΣI]ΛEΩΣ - ΠΡΟYΣIOY, Chiron the Centaur advancing right, playing kithara; to lower right, monogram.</p><p><i>Ex CGB Monnaeies 49, 30 June 2011, lot 201; ex stock Crédit de la Bourse, 1993; ex Maurice Laffaille Collection (Münzen &amp; Medaillen 76, 19-20 September 1991, lot 430)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>It joins an earlier example I have, an ex Stevex6 coin, which I took the opportunity to rephotograph.&nbsp; The glossy, dark green surfaces make it awfully hard to take decent pics of.&nbsp; Not entirely satisfied with these.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1137643[/ATTACH]<b>BITHYNIA, KINGS OF. Prusias II Cynegus</b></p><p>AE22. 6.38g, 21.9mm. Nikomedia mint, circa 182-149 BC. SNG Cop 635; RecGen 26; HGC 7, 629. O: Head of Dionysos to right, wearing wreath of ivy and fruit. R: BAΣILEΩΣ ΠPOYΣIOY, Chiron the Centaur advancing right, playing kithara; monogram below raised foreleg.</p><p><i>Ex stevex6 Collection; ex Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection (CNG 393, 15 March 2017, lot 75); CNG 253, 6 April 2011, lot 91</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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