61 BC - 59 BC

Nicomedeia   Bithynia   Procurator Papirius Carbo
Νικομήδεια   Βιθυνία   Πληρεξούσιος Παπίριος Κάρβων
 AE 24
 SHH 7121

7121 Nikomedeia Bithynia Papirius Carbo AE

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Provenance
 8.85 g   23.9-24.9 mm   2.2 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF   centering -/-
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 kHz) = obv. 8.3, rev. 8.0 MS/m
Head of Dionysus wearing ivy wreath right; ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ behind.
Roma seated left on shields, holding Victoria (Νίκη) in right hand, left hand resting on spear;
ΕΠΙ ΓΑΙΟΥ // ΠΑΠΙΡΙΟ[Υ] /ΚΑΡΒΩΝ[ΟΣ] downward to right and left; [ΡΩΜΗ] in exergue.
Irregular straight grooves, hand-saw marks, on obverse and reverse.
 BMC Bithynia 1/3; Copenhagen IV 545; von Aulock 736
Ex Zeus Numismatics 6E/119, 11.4.2020