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Auction: 20154 - Spink Numismatic Circular 5 - Part 2 - The Peter Stagnetto Collection of Ancient Coins and Other Properties
Lot: 2554

Bithynia, Prusias II Kynegos (182-149 BC), Æ 21mm., wreathed head of Dionysos right, rev. centaur Chiron walking right, cloak over shoulder, playing lyre, monogram between forelegs (BMC 12; SNG von Aulock 256 var. (monogram)), about very fine

Provenance
Purchased Spink, November 1973



Chiron was the "wisest and justest of all the centaurs" (Homer, Iliad 11.831). In Greek mythology, many heroes were trained by Chiron, including Achilles, Ajax, Asklepios, Herakles, Jason, Perseus and Theseus .

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£20