Ancient Coinage of Bithynia, Prusias Ad Hypium


[Rec Gen 68]

Prusias ad Hypium, Bythinia, about 25Km south of the Black Sea, modern Üskübü in Turkey.

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DOMITIAN
RPC II 623Domitian AE26 of Prusias ad Hypium, Bithynia. AD 81-96. 12.55 g. AYT ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣE ΓEΡ, laureate head right. / TON KTICTHN ΠΡOYCIEIC, Herakles standing left, lionskin over left arm. resting right hand on club set on rock. RPC II 623 (Cius"); RecGen 8; Paris 1576.TextImage
RPC 660Domitian, AE27 of Prusias ad Hypium, Bithynia. AD 81-96. 10.73 g. AYT ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEBAΣTOΣ ΓEΡM, laureate head right. / ΣEBAΣTH OMONOIA, Demeter or Homonoia, veiled, standing left, holding corn-ears and sceptre. Serpent at foot left. RPC II 660; SNG von Aulock 278 and 885.TextImage
RPC II 671Domitian AE34 of Prusias ad Hypium, Bithynia. AD 81-96. 25 g. AYT ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEBAΣTOΣ ΓEΡMA, laureate head right. / ΠΡ-YΠ both in monogram form across fields, Ares walking right, holding trophy and spear. RPC II 671; RecGen 4; Paris N4259; Stumpf 357; Burstein 569 (this coin).TextImage
RPC 676Domitian Brass AE34 of Prusias ad Hypium, Bithynia. AVT ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEBAΣTOΣ ΓEΡM, laureate head right / ΣEBAΣTH OMONOIA, Eirene (?) standing left holding branch & cornucopiae. RecGen 6.TextImage
RPC 678Domitian, AE33 of Prusias ad Hypium, Bithynia. AD 81-96. 25.47 g. AYTO ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEBA ΓEΡMA, laureate head right. / ΣEBAΣTH OMONOIA, Eirene or Homonoia standing left, holding olive branch and cornucopiae, prow at foot left. RPC II 678; BMC G1202.TextImage
RPC II 680Domitian, AE31 of Prusias ad Hypium, Bithynia. AD 81-96. 10.9 g. AYT ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEB ΓEΡM, laureate head right. / ΣEBAΣTH OMONOIA, Demeter, veiled, standing left, holding corn-ears and sceptre; snake at foot left. RPC II 680; SNG von Aulock 278.TextImage
RPC II 682Domitian, AE28 of Prusias ad Hypium, Bithynia. AD 81-96. 13.4 g. AYTO ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEB ΓEΡM, laureate head right. / ΣEBAΣTH OMONOIA, Demeter standing left, holding corn-ears and sceptre; prow at foot left. RPC II 682; CNG 507, 211.TextImage
RPC II 683Domitian, AE28 of Prusias Ad Hypium, Bithynia. AD 81-96. 13.22 g. AYTO ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEBA ΓEΡ, laureate head right. / ΣEBAΣTH OMONOIA, Tyche seated left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RPC II 683; Berlin 1914137.TextImage
RPC 684Domitian AE28 of Prusias ad Hypium, Bithynia. AYT ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEB ΓEΡ, laureate head right / ΣEBAΣTH OMONOIA, veiled bust of Demeter left, with two corn ears and poppy before neck. RPC 684.TextImage
RPC II 685Domitian AE24 of Prusias am Hypium, Bithynia. AD 81-96. 8.65 g. ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEB ΓEΡM, laureate head right. / ΔEΔOYΛOMENH ΣEBA ΔOMITIANO ΓEΡ-M-AN-IA, German captive standing left, hands tied behind his back, left foot drawn back. RPC II 685; Paris N4257; Berlin 18268525.TextImage
TRAJAN
Izmit_Museum 45Trajan, AE35 of Prusias ad Hypium, Bithynia. AD 98-99. AYT NEΡ TΡAIANOC KAICAΡ CEBA ΓEΡM, laureate head right. / ΠΡ-YΠ (both ligate) across fields, Ares walking right, holding trophy and spear. Izmit Museum inv. 45. Not in RPC; Paris, RecGen etc.TextImage
SNG von Aulock 867cfTrajan AE34 of Prusias ad Hypium, Bithynia. AVT NEΡ TΡAIANOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEB ΓEΡ, laureate head right / EIΠHNH ΣEBAΣTH, Eirene standing left holding branch (?) & cornucopiae. TextImage
MARCUS AURELIUS
BMC 2Marcus Aurelius AE28 of Prusias ad Hypium, Bithynia. AD 161-180. AYT KAI AΡMEN AYΡ ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped bust right. / ΠΡOYCIEΩN YΠIOC, river-god Hypios reclining left on rock, holding branch and cornucopiae. BMC 2; Imhoof FG 233; RecGen 30.TextImage
Weber 4930Marcus Aurelius AE22 of Prusias ad Hypium, Bithynia. M AYΡHΛIOC OYHΡOC KAICAΡ, bare bust right / ΠΡOCIEΩN ΠΡOC YΠIO, Asklepios standing left, resting on serpent-entwined staff. Weber 4930; Robinson 4 in NC 1921; BMC 1920-5-16-52.TextImage
FAUSTINA II
RecGen 35Faustina II, Prusias Ad Hypium, Bithynia. AE17. ΦAYCTEINA CEBACTH, draped bust right / ΠΡOYCIEΩN ΠΡOC YΠIΩ, Demeter standing left, holding long torch and corn-ears. RecGen. 35; BMC 3; RPC online 4858.TextImage
LUCIUS VERUS
Paris 1595Lucius Verus, AE19 of Prusias ad Hypium, Bithynia. AD 161-169. 4.28 g. AYT KAI AΡM Λ AYΡ OYHΡOC, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / ΠΡOYCIEΩN ΠΡOC YΠIΩ, Apis bull standing right, with uraeus headdress. Paris 1595; SNG Cop 608.TextImage
RecGen 43Lucius Verus, AE 40 mm. medallion of Prusias ad Hypium, Bithynia. ca. AD 164-166. 50.96 g. AVT KAI AΡM Λ AVΡ OVHΡOC, bare head right, slight drapery on left shoulder / ΠΡOVCIEΩN ΠΡOC VΠIΩ, Herakles, naked, standing left, grasping the neck of one of the serpents' heads of the Lenean hydra and wielding club; two dragons' legs on the hydra's body, the claws of one pincing into Herakles' leg. Tall narrow column surmounted by statue in right field. RecGen 43; Mionnet II, 425; Paris 1593.TextImage
GETA
Pecunem 22, 126Geta, AE28 of Prusias ad Hypium, Bithynia. AD 209-211. 12.29 gr. Π CEΠTI ΓETAC K, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΠΡOYCIEΩN ΠΡOC IΠIΩ, Dionysos sitting left on a rock, leaning backwards, looking right, right arm over his head and with thyrsos in left arm. Unpublished. Pecunem 22, 126.TextImage
MACRINUS
Burstein 570Macrinus, AE30 of Prusias ad Hypium, Bithynia. AD 217-218. AYT K M OΠ CEOYHΡ (MAKΡEINOC AYΓ), or similar, laureate head right, two countermarks: laur. head right (Howgego 65) and value mark I-Digamma (not in Howgego) / ΠΡOYCIEΩN ΠΡOC YΠIΩ, Herakles right, trying to grasp the belt of Hippolyte, standing left, bipennis on ground at her feet, I in lower centre. Unpublished composition of this labour of Herakles for Macrinus. Burstein Collection 570.TextImage
MAXIMINUS I
RecGen 67Maximinus I, AE29 of Prusias ad Hipium, Bithynia. AD 235-238. Γ IOY OYH MAXIMEINOC AYΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Countermark: head of emperor right / ΠΡOYCIEΩN ΠΡOC YΠIΩ, draped bust of Kieros right. Countermark: Value mark IB (12 Assaria). RecGen 67; SNG von Aulock 7166; Imhoof KM 2; Weiser 19.TextImage
MAXIMUS
RecGen 68Maximus Caesar AE 31 of Prusias ad Hypium, Bithynia. Γ IOV OVH MAXIMOC K, draped bust right [cm: bearded bust of Herakles? right] / ΠΡOVCIAEΩN ΠΡOC YΠIΩ, draped bust of hero Kieros (or founder) right, long hair down neck. SNGvA 907. TextImage
RecGen 69Maximus, AE23 of Prusias ad Hypium, Bithynia. AD 235-238. 6.77 g. Γ IOYΛ OYHΡ MAXIMOC K, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΠΡOYCIEΩN ΠΡOC YΠIΩ, Herakles standing, one leg bent at the knee, his head and body facing Antaeos and lifting him off the ground. RecGen 69; Kurth Herakles 743.TextImage
RecGen 69 varMaximus Caesar AE25 of Prusias ad Hypium, Bithynia. Γ IOV OVH MAΞIMOC K, draped bust right [cm: bearded bust of Herakles? right] / ΠΡOYCIAEΩN ΠΡOC YΠIΩ, Herakles standing right, with the Erymanthian Boar on his shoulders. Apparently unpublished. Not in RecGen, its supplements, Paris etc. RecGen 69 var (reverse type).TextImage
GALLIENUS
RecGen 78Gallienus, AE of Prusias ad Hypium, Bithynia. 10.48 g. AV P LI GAL[LHNOS] CEB, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / PROYSIEWN PROS YPIW, city gate with arched doorway, tower to left and right each with arched doorway, H below. RecGen 78; SNG von Aulock 915; Price/Trell, p. 224, Fig. 505.TextImage
See also: Entry for Prusias ad Hypium on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Prusias Ad Hypium in the ANS Database
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