1074232 | GREEK. BITHYNIA. Nikomedes IV Philopator. (King, 94-74 BC) . Dated 205 BE (93/2 BC). AR Tetradrachm. NGC Ch. AU✭ (Choice About Uncirculated ✭) Strike 5/5 Surface 5/5. Nicomedia. 33mm. 16.85gm. Diademed head of Nicomedes IV, right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ/ EΠIΦANOΥΣ/ NIKOMHΔOΥ. Zeus Stephanophoros standing facing, head left, nude to waist, crowning name with wreath in outstretched right hand, grounded scepter in left; eagle standing left on thunderbolt above TPHYM monogram and EΣ (date) stacked in inner left field. Callataÿ p. 61, D153/R– (unlisted rev. die); RG 40; HGC 6, 646; DCA 445; SNG Fitzwilliam 4136 (same obv. die).

Given the star designation by NGC for exceptional eye appeal.

Ex CNG, Auction 97 (17 September 2014), Lot 154.


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