KINGDOM OF BITHYNIA, Prusias I, “The Lame” (230-182 BCE) AE28. 10.76g, 28mm.
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo left.
Rev: Athena-Nike standing left, holding wreath and shield with gorgoneion; S to inner left.
SNG Cop 625-627 var. (monogram).
Ex Ludwig Grabow (Berlin)
Prusias was far from a lame monarch; in his many wars he successfully expanded Bithynian territory, and even employed Hannibal’s services at one time. His epithet comes from an injury sustained during a siege.