KINGS OF BITHYNIA. Nikomedes III Euergetes, 127-94 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 34 mm, 16.63 g, 11 h), Nikomedia, year ΠP (180) = 118/117. Diademed head of Nikomedes III to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKOMHΔOY Zeus standing left, crowning the king's name with an olive wreath held in his right hand and holding a long scepter in his left; inner left, eagle on thunderbolt above monogram of KP and ΠP. DCA 444. HGC 7, 645. RG 40. Callataÿ p. 55, - (unlisted dies). Rare for this year. Toned. Minor die breaks, otherwise, very fine.
From the Trausnitz Collection, acquired from Münzhandlung Athena before 2001 .