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Bithynian Kingdom 185-149 BC AE AE22 5.91 g 2.19 cm 2.19 cm 12h

obverse: hd Dionysos r wreathed with ivy
reverse: centaur Cheiron stg r playing lyre monogram r BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠPOYΣIOY
Sear GCV Volume 2 7266
Munthandel G. Henzen list 242 (August 2012) no. 132 vw 801, 60 euro

Prusias II 185-149
Cheiron taught medicine Asklepios. The Hippocraticâ Corpus: Content and Context Door Elizabeth M. Craik
Cheiron the centaur, son of Kronos, was first to practise surgery, with the use of plants, and
Apollo was first to carry out oracular medicine, and in the third place
Asklepios son of Apollo discovered medicine of the sickbed.