94 BC - 74 BC

Nicomedes IV   Rex Bithyniae
Νικομήδης Δ'   Βασιλέας Βιθυνίας
AR 34
 SHH 3579


3579 Nicomedes IV Rex Bithyniae Tetradrachm AR

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Provenance
 15.88 g   31.0-37.0 mm   12:00 o'clock   VF
Diademed head of Nicomedes right.
Zeus standing left, clad in himation crowning the name of the king with wreath in right hand;
left hand resting on long sceptre; below outstreched right arm, eagfle left on thunderbolt;
below, monogramm; below HΣ (year 208 = 92/91 BC);
downward on right, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, on left, ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ /  ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥ.
From the reign of Nicomedes II all regal tetradrachms of Bithynia bear dates according
to an era commencing 298 BC (Sear, Greek Coins, 2000 ).
 BMC Bithynia 5 (Nicomedes III); Copenhagen IV ---; de Calataÿ p. 63 D193/R4
Dewing 2159/2161 year variant; McClean ---; Sear Greek 7276/7277 year variant;
von Aulock 6903 (same dies)
 Ex New York Sale XX/181, 17.1.2009