61 BC - 59 BC

Nicomedeia   Bithynia   Procurator Papirius Carbo
Νικομήδεια   Βιθυνία   Πληρεξούσιος Παπίριος Κάρβων
 AE 18
 SHH 7129

7129 Nikomedeia Bithynia Papirius Carbo AE

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 2.92 g   17.6-18.4 mm   1.3 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF   cenetring -/-
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 kHz) = obv. 5.9, rev. 6.3 MS/m
Helmeted head of Roma 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 4; Copenhagen IV 547
Ex Savoca Blue 31/210, 25.4.2020