C. Papirius Carbo, Proconsul in Nicomedia, Bithynia. 62-59 BC. AE 25mm, 8.62 g. Dated local year 224.

NIKOMHDEWN, laureate head of Zeus right.
EPI GAIO[Y] PAPIRIOY KARBWNOS RWMH to right, left and beneath Roma seated left on pile of shields, holding Nike and spear. 

IPM monogram in left field.
Date DKS (224) beneath the shields. 

BMC 1-3; SNG von Aulock 736; RecGen 2. 

With permission of CNG, Triton V, lot 421, Jan 2002, lot 421.
Ex NFA auction V, lot 313, Feb. 1978.