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Kingdom of Bithynia

The Kingdom of Bithynia was an ancient Hellenistic kingdom located in northwest Asia Minor.

Kind: kingdom
Region: Anatolia, Asia
Recorded period: 297 BC – 74 BC

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Tetradrachm: Head of Nicomedes II (obverse); Zeus (Cleveland Museum of Art 1917.990)

149–120 BCE

Cleveland Museum of Art object 1917.990: Tetradrachm: Head of Nicomedes II (obverse); Zeus (reverse), 149–120 BCE. Greek, Bithynian, minted in Bithynia, reign of Nicomedes II. Silver; diameter: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.). Inscribed: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ | ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ | ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥ (Of the distinguished king Nikomedes). It is catalogued in…

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