Nicomedes III of Bithynia. AR tetradrachm, 31 mm, 16.4 g. 120-92 BC

Diademed head of Nicomedes I right. 
BASILEWS EPIFANOYS NIKOMHDOS (sic) downwards to right and 
left of Zeus standing left, holding wreath and sceptre, 
eagle left on thunderbolt above OPMLR monogram in centre 
field. Laurel branch upright in left field. Blundered date 
TR below (local year 190).

Walcher de Moltheim 1848a; RecGen 40.75 (same dies); Waddington 601; Wroth 26 in NC 1891.
Extremely Rare.

With permission of TimeLine Auctions 
(www.timelineauctions.com), April. 2020