Nikomedeia (BC 62-59) AE 25

C. Papirius Carbo, Proconsul, 62-59 BC. AE25 (8.62g, 12h). Dated year 224 (59 BC). NIKOMHDEWN, laureate head of Zeus right / EPI GAIO[U] PAPIRIOU KARBWN[OS], RWMH in exergue, Roma seated left on pile of shields, holding Nike in right hand, spear in left; monogram in inner left field, DKS (date) below shields. EF, dark green, almost black patina. Ex Freedman Coll. (Triton V, 1/2002), lot 421; Numismatic Fine Arts V (2/1978), lot 313.

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City/Mint name:	Nikomedeia
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Keywords:	bronze / roman
References:	Stumpf 120; RG p. 514, 2; BMC Pontus p. 179, 1-3; SNG Cop. 545; SNG v. Aulock 736; McClean 7509; Weber 4912
Valuation:	CNG Triton VIII (1/2005), lot 360 ($1,100 + comm)
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