Bithynia, Nikomedia Æ 25mm. C. Papirius Carbo, procurator. Dated year 224 = 59 BC. Laureate head of Zeus to right; ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ behind / Roma seated to left on pile of shields, holding Nike in right hand, spear in left; ΕΠΙ ΓΑΙΟ[Υ] to right, ΠΑΠΙΡΙΟΥ [Κ]ΑΡΒΩΝ[ΟΣ] to outer left, monogram to inner left, ΔΚΣ (date) below shields, ΡΩΜΗ in exergue. Stumpf 120; RG 2; SNG von Aulock 736; SNG Copenhagen 545; BMC 1-3; McClean 7509; Weber 4912; HGC 7, 596. 9.15g, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the Italo Vecchi Collection.